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Sampson, James P., Jr.; Lenz, Janet G.; Dozier, V. Casey; Osborn, Debra S.; Peterson, Gary W.; Reardon, Robert C. – Online Submission, 2020
This bibliography contains citations from publications or papers presented at professional meetings concerning Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) theory, research, and practice based on work completed at Florida State University and other organizations in various locations. CIP theory applies general principles of cognitive information…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Information Processing
Sampson, James P., Jr.; Osborn, Debra S.; Bullock-Yowell, Emily; Lenz, Janet G.; Peterson, Gary W.; Reardon, Robert C.; Dozier, V. Casey; Leierer, Stephen J.; Hayden, Seth C. W.; Saunders, Denise E. – Online Submission, 2020
The primary purpose of this paper is to introduce essential elements of cognitive information processing (CIP) theory, research, and practice as they existed at the time of this writing. The introduction that follows describes the nature of career choices and career interventions, and the integration of theory, research, and practice. After the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Information Processing, Learning Theories, Career Choice
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Bertoch, Sara C.; Lenz, Janet G.; Reardon, Robert C.; Peterson, Gary W. – Journal of Career Development, 2014
Goal instability and its relation to career thoughts, decision state, and performance in an undergraduate career course in a large university were investigated in this study. Participants completed six instruments measuring the nature of goals, career thinking, occupational decision making, satisfaction with career choice, tension associated with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Career Choice, Career Education, Satisfaction
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Reardon, Robert C.; Lenz, Janet G.; Sampson, James P., Jr.; Peterson, Gary W. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2011
This article draws upon the authors' experience in developing cognitive information processing theory in order to examine three important questions facing vocational psychology and assessment: (a) Where should new knowledge for vocational psychology come from? (b) How do career theories and research find their way into practice? and (c) What is…
Descriptors: Industrial Psychology, Theories, Theory Practice Relationship, Career Development
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McHugh, Elizabeth A.; Lenz, Janet G.; Reardon, Robert C.; Peterson, Gary W. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2012
This study examined the effects of viewing a ten-minute model-reinforced video on careers information-seeking behaviour of 280 students in ten sections of a university careers course randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions. The video portrayed an undergraduate student seeking careers counselling services and a counsellor using…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Career Choice, Control Groups, Undergraduate Students
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Walker, Jerry V., III; Peterson, Gary W. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2012
This study investigated the relationships among dysfunctional career thoughts and career indecision with respect to symptoms of depression. Such information could be useful to counselors in identifying individuals at the outset of career counseling who may be experiencing emotional distress from life stressors in addition to career stress.…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Career Development, Career Choice, Career Counseling
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Bullock-Yowell, Emily; Peterson, Gary W.; Reardon, Robert C.; Leierer, Stephen J.; Reed, Corey A. – Career Development Quarterly, 2011
According to cognitive information processing theory, career thoughts mediate the relationship between career and life stress and the ensuing career decision state. Using a sample of 232 college students and structural equation modeling, this study found that an increase in career and life stress was associated with an increase in negative career…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Career Choice, Stress Variables, Decision Making