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POA test 4
zmodules 10 + 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| work definition | an all-encompassing term that describes both jobs and occupations |
| job definition | employment frequently seen as a means to an end, or a way to pay the bills |
| occupation definition | employment that a person might be trained to do that requires a specific type of education or preparation |
| career/vocation definition | terms to describe a person's lifelong pursuit and ideally represents what one is meant to do with their life |
| Blustein's 3 needs in "psychology of working" | need for survival, self-determination, and relatedness |
| contextual factors that influence career choices | gender, race, SES. people have different types and access to knowledge about careers and factors that weigh into it that others do |
| SES children and career knowledge | children from lower SES families have less career knowledge than their more affluent peers |
| male's v. female's career decision making | Girls more than boys may make career decisions prematurely due to concerns about the need to balance multiple life roles sooner than boys do |
| career indecisiveness | describes a state of high anxiety around making a decision about a career path |
| theories of vocational decision making | theory of occupation circumscription and compromise & social cognitive career theory (SCCT) & theory of person-environment fit (John Holland's) |
| theory of Occupation Circumscription and Compromise | know key elements in circumscription and compromise is a giving up of the most preferred choices and accepting less compatible choices because they are perceived as more accessible |
| John Holland's theory of person-environment fit | 6 personality types & corresponding jobs: -investigative: science -social: social worker -realistic: mechanic -artistic: artist -conventional: business -enterprising: sales |
| happiness | leads to approach motivation- prime example of positive emotion |
| Lazarus' definition of happiness | making reasonable progress towards a goal |
| emotions and the environment | emotions arise from ongoing exchanges between the person and the environment |
| experiences of people who are characterized by high subjective well-being | many positive emotions, few negative emotions, tendency to be involved in interesting activities, satisfaction with life |
| 3 myths about happiness | -life is difficult and few people are happy -money makes people happy -we cannot become happier |
| genetics | 50% of our happiness is contributed by genetics indicated by twin studies |
| characteristics of the flow experience | people are completely aware of everything they are doing, able to get immediate feedback, feeling their abilities match the task before them. |
| flow | someone is fully involved in a task or situation. these experiences are intrinsically motivated |
| norepinephrine | -is released when we make an adaptive/coping response. |
| cognitive evaluation | leads to strong feelings of happiness at the end of a flow activity |
| what promotes happiness | successful coping & a sense of self-efficacy |
| what activates the self-reward system in the brain | increased norepinephrine levels |
| Seligman's ABCDE method- becoming an optimist | identify adversity, belief, and consequences, distraction and disputation and energization |
| happiness and positive affect results in what | expansive/creative thinking |
| commitment, control, and challenge | being resilient in the face of involuntary job loss |
| commitment | staying involved with people and events rather than withdrawing |
| control | making efforts to influence the outcomes rather than giving up |
| challenge | trying to discover how the job loss might be an opportunity for growth |
| circumscription | narrowing process, eliminations based off of self concept, images of occupations, prestige level of occupation, aspirations, and boundaries |
| compromise | giving up the most preferred choices for less compatible choices that are perceived as more accessible |
| vocational hope | positive motivational state associated wih envisioning a future in which meaningful work is attainable |
| two ways of dealing with pessimistic thinking | distraction and disputation |
| energizing | summarizing your thoughts and actions and planning where to go next. gain closure |
| people are happiest when | when they have finished a flow activity |
Created by:
liz gelles