Control Theories’ and Psychology 1 Running Head: CONTROL THEORIES’ AND PSYCHOLOGY The Depth of History and Explanation as Benefit and Bane for Psychological Control Theories Jeffrey B. Vancouver Acknowledgements: I thank Bruce Carlson, Yochi Cohen-Charash, James M. Diefendorff, Claudia Gonzales- Vallejo, Laura N. Kendall, G. Daniel Lassiter, Amy Kristof-Brown, Paula M. Popovich, William T. Powers, Phillip J. Runkel, Charles A. and Karen L. Scherbaum, and Charlie M. Thompson for comments on earlier drafts of this article. APA Copyright (http://www.apa.org/journals/apl.html). This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jeffrey B. Vancouver, Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. E-Mail: vancouve@ohio.edu