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Peer reviewedSuper, Donald E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1980
A career is defined as the roles played by a person during a lifetime. A life-career rainbow is presented to help conceptualize multidimensional careers. Self-actualization role conflicts and role selection are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Career Development, Decision Making
Peer reviewedSchlossberg, Nancy K. – Counseling Psychologist, 1976
The inevitability of role transformations in adulthood--transformations that often involve crisis, conflict, and confusion--frame the case for adult guidance. To facilitate these changes and help clients regain a sense of control over their lives, counselors need to understand the decision-making process and the salient issues of adulthood.…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adults, Counselors
Peer reviewedFalk, Gideon; Falk, Shoshana – Group and Organization Studies, 1981
Groups (N=62) of four members each used a multiple role-playing technique under three conditions: majority rule, unanimity rule, or no assigned decision rule. Results suggested that assignment of a majority rule has greater potential for reducing power inequalities. Discusses changes in members' self-perceived power. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adults, Decision Making, Group Dynamics, Group Structure
Peer reviewedKautzky-Bowden, Sally M.; Gonzales, B. Robert – American Annals of the Deaf, 1987
A questionnaire survey assessing attitudes of 50 deaf adults toward sign language systems used in schools found the majority supported American Sign Language and Manually Coded English-Pidgin with some reservations. Respondents were also concerned about needs of individual deaf children and deaf adult involvement in educational decision making for…
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Attitudes, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBrown, Duane; Crace, R. Kelly – Career Development Quarterly, 1996
Values are viewed as central to the selection of, and subsequent satisfaction with, life roles. Because no conceptual framework has been advanced to guide the work of practitioners and researchers, values are widely ignored by both groups. This article sets forth propositions aimed at remedying this oversight by clarifying the importance of values…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Counseling, Critical Thinking
Download full textHolden, George W. – 1985
A technique for studying how parents think, make decisions, and solve childrearing problems, Computer-Presented Social Interactions (CPSI), is described. Two studies involving CPSI are presented. The first study concerns a common parental cognitive task: causal analysis of an undesired behavior. The task was to diagnose the cause of non-contingent…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Rearing, Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs
Kerka, Sandra – 2003
Markus and Nurius (1986) are credited with developing the concept of possible selves, which represents individuals' ideas of what they might become, what they would like to become, and what they fear becoming. It has been applied in research and practice with adolescents exploring career choices; adults in transition; and older adults envisioning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Choice
