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Unit 1 - 6th
Why Work? Jobs/Careers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Career | time spent in one type of job or area of interest earning money. |
| Exploration | Going over carefully, examining |
| Psychological | of the mind, reasons why people act, think and feel as they do (peace of mind) |
| Job | working at a particular thing for the money |
| Knowledge | all that is known or can be learned |
| Standard of Living | the way people live with the money they have |
| Attitude | the way you think and feel about certain topics or life in general; your general outlook on life |
| Needs | what you have to have to survive (Food, Water, Clothing, and Shelter). |
| GPA | Grade Point Average - The average of all your grades on a 4 point scale. |
| Economics | deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and service (money) |
| Social | concerned with human beings and their relationships to each other (friends) |
| Wants | what you would like to have but do not need to survive. |
| Skill | the ability to do something well |