Abstract: According to Rotter's social learning theory, which infers thatbehavior is a function of expectancy and reinforcement value in aspecific situation, self-monitoring, which we considered a measureof reinforcement value, was hypothesized in the present study tointeract with locus of control in predicting responses to situationalpressures. Results indicated that the LOC×SM interaction is func-tioning in four situations described in the questionnaire (statisti-cally significant in one situation) .Specifically,the responses of lowself-monitors are more effectively predicted from LOC scores thanthose of high self-monitors.

Key words: interaction, LOC, self-monitoring, situational pressures