PSY 402 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: High-Density Lipoprotein, Social Isolation, Role Theory
29 Jan 2014
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The gender gap: proportion of women"s to men"s salaries (2009 overall = 81. 2%) Females earn less than males: highest income, males = ages 45-64, this is time period of when males make the most income in their life. Females = ages 55-64, discrepancy gets worse as women get older. In 2013, 23. 9% of the workforce was made of 55+ population. For majority the purpose of work is to earn a living. Professional workers may have more opportunity to find work post-retirement. Six types of vocational interests: focuses on preferences: defining raisec model. Enterprising: people who enjoy using verbal skills in positions of power: conventional: verbal and quantitative skills, concrete tasks , bank teller, or hr person where there is procedures to follow, a congruency effect! (a fit) Self-directed search (sds: the o*net is an online interactive national database of occupations used by vocational placement agencies in the united states, matches the holland personality types to various occupations.
