Social and Psychological Factors Affecting the Career Decision-Making of Freshmen Students of Adzu
SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE CAREER DECISION-MAKING OF FRESHMEN STUDENTS OF ADZU
A Research Paper
Presented to
Mr. Randy S. Magdaluyo
Languages Department, School of Liberal Arts
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
English 112 (Research and Academic Writing) K
2nd Semester, Academic Year 2009-2010
By
Vallyn Joy D. Ting
Ziyada R. Adala
Remart S. Delos Santos
March 2010
Social and Psychological Factors Affecting the Career Decision-Making of Freshmen Students of ADZU
By
Vallyn Joy D. Ting
Ziyada R. Adala
Remart S. Delos Santos
Thesis statement:
Although psychological factors are the prior bases of career decision-making, social factors is more influential than the other.
Outline:
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Definition of Career Decision-making 1.2 Definition of Social and Psychological Factors
2.0 Classification of factors affecting Career Decision-making
2.1 Psychological Factors 2.1.1 Personality 2.1.2 Intelligence 2.1.3 Values 2.2 Social Factors 2.2.1 Peer influence 2.2.2 Familial influence 2.2.3 Social trends 2.2.4 Financial capacity 2.3 Social Factors v.s. Psychological Factors
3.0 Conclusion
3.1 Students’ career success depends on the social and psychological factors 3.2 Solutions for difficulties in choosing a career
1 Introduction Career decision-making is one of the most critical decisions students or young adults faces every time they reach college and it is a fact that they should give importance on it for it upholds their future. In relation with this nowadays, there are many students regretting the course they have taken up for reasons they were just forced to take up this course without considering what their future will be. This paper aims to verify that although psychological factors are the primary bases of career decision-making, social factors are more influential than the other. In most cases the
A Research Paper
Presented to
Mr. Randy S. Magdaluyo
Languages Department, School of Liberal Arts
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
English 112 (Research and Academic Writing) K
2nd Semester, Academic Year 2009-2010
By
Vallyn Joy D. Ting
Ziyada R. Adala
Remart S. Delos Santos
March 2010
Social and Psychological Factors Affecting the Career Decision-Making of Freshmen Students of ADZU
By
Vallyn Joy D. Ting
Ziyada R. Adala
Remart S. Delos Santos
Thesis statement:
Although psychological factors are the prior bases of career decision-making, social factors is more influential than the other.
Outline:
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Definition of Career Decision-making 1.2 Definition of Social and Psychological Factors
2.0 Classification of factors affecting Career Decision-making
2.1 Psychological Factors 2.1.1 Personality 2.1.2 Intelligence 2.1.3 Values 2.2 Social Factors 2.2.1 Peer influence 2.2.2 Familial influence 2.2.3 Social trends 2.2.4 Financial capacity 2.3 Social Factors v.s. Psychological Factors
3.0 Conclusion
3.1 Students’ career success depends on the social and psychological factors 3.2 Solutions for difficulties in choosing a career
1 Introduction Career decision-making is one of the most critical decisions students or young adults faces every time they reach college and it is a fact that they should give importance on it for it upholds their future. In relation with this nowadays, there are many students regretting the course they have taken up for reasons they were just forced to take up this course without considering what their future will be. This paper aims to verify that although psychological factors are the primary bases of career decision-making, social factors are more influential than the other. In most cases the
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