Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Workaholics, Glass Ceiling, Single Parent

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Kelly

Document Summary

Careers and work: choosing a career is a luxury usually afforded to the middle and upper classes personal qualities and family influences usually come into play. Individuals who exhibit secure attachment and who have a sense of self-efficacy about career-relevant abilities find it easier to make career choices: personal characteristics that affect career choice, sense of self-efficacy. Intelligence predicts the likelihood of entering a particular occupation: the relationships tend to hold well for men, but an ability-achievement group gap exists for women, specific aptitudes (ex. Creativity, artistic, mechanical ability, mathematics skills, etc. : social skills, socioemotional or interpersonal intelligence, the ability to behave wisely in human relations and accurately interpret emotions and intentions, personality. Intrinsic job satisfaction: potential status, opportunities for advancement, future outlook, security. Realistic values concrete and physical tasks: perceives self as having mechanical skills and lacking social skills, settings: concrete, physical tasks requiring mechanical skills, persistence, and physical movement, careers: machine operator, pilot, drafts persons, engineer.