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Career Mgt Vocab
Vocab words from modules 1-7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bias * | An unfair preference for or dislike of something |
| Defeatist attitude | Showing a tendency to expect failure or accept it too readily |
| Empathy | The ability to identify with and understand somebody else's feelings or difficulties |
| Interpersonal | Concerning or involving relationships between people |
| Stimulus | Something that encourages an activity or a process to begin, increase, or develop |
| Etiquette * | Having good manners when dealing with people |
| Communication | exchanging information between individuals using a common system of symbols, signs, behaviors, body language, etc. |
| Tact | The ability to say and do things in a way that will not offend another person |
| attitude | a feeling or opinion about something or someone |
| Punctual | Being on time |
| Dexterity * | Proficiency in using the body or hands |
| Hobby | A pursuit or interest engaged in for relaxation |
| Logical | Use of reliable inference and reasoning |
| Life Stages | Changes that occur as we move through life experiences |
| Leisure | Time free from everyday job responsibilities during which a person can pursue person interests and hobbies |
| Career goals* | A well-defined statement explaining the profession that an individual intends to pursue throughout his/her career |
| Developmental changes | The process that occurs in human beings throughout development |
| Developmental progression | The purposeful sequencing of teaching and learning expectations across multiple developmental stages, ages, or grade levels |
| Interrelated | related to or connected to one another |
| Transitions | The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another |
| Post-secondary * | Optional final stage of learning after completion of secondary (high school) education |
| AP Courses | Advanced placement, college courses taken in high school |
| IB Courses | International baccalaureate, offering internationally recognized courses |
| Analogy | a comparison between two things that are similar in some way, often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand |
| proofread | to read the text and mark correction to be made |
| Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) * | a test developed and maintained by the United States Department of Defense |
| Extra-curricular activities | Fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education, performed by students. Such activities are generally voluntary, mandatory, non-paying, social, philanthropic as opposed to scholastic, and often involve others of the same |
| Formal Learning | highly institutionalized, bureaucratic, curriculum driven, and formally recognized with grades, diplomas, or certificates |
| Dual enrollment | Involves students being enrolled in two separate, academically related institutions. Generally, it refers to high school students taking college courses |
| Concise | using as few words as possible to give the necessary information, or compressed in order to be brief |
| Associate's Degree * | 2 year college degree from a community college, university, college, or technical school. The recipient of an Associate's Degree can then transfer the credits toward a 4 year Bachelor’s Degree |
| Bachelor's Degree | 4 year college degree from a university/college earned by completing undergraduate coursework and are awarded in specific concentrations |
| Correlation | a relationship in which two or more things are mutual or complementary, or one thing is caused by another |
| Depression | extended period of negative economic activity; unemployment, declining income & production |
| Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | a test that measures the critical thinking mathematical, reasoning, and writing skills students need to do college-level work |