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Pivotal Events

Brief Overview Certain events affect our sense of control. It is a matter of balancing perception and reality. In motivation and emotion, there are two types of control: primary and secondary. Primary control focuses on changing the external elements to fit the needs and desires of our demands and secondary control works to control the internal processes to adjust to an undesired situation or outcome.  If we lose our primary control due to an event or situation, we often reason those outcomes to luck, a greater being, or meaning in the uncontrollable. Secondary control acts as a method for coping from the stress or dissatisfaction of what couldn't be controlled; this can affect our motivation and behavior in a positive or negative way depending how we proceed with cognitive processes.  The two controls are entwined and can shift from one to the other depending on the events or situations encountered. Taking Action Rarely is it possible to achieve something under one&#