How Will You Know If Robyn Has Chosen to Follow

question 38

Multiple Choice

How will you know if Robyn has chosen to follow a protean career path?

• A)She is focused primarily on external rewards offered by the organization.
• B)Her managers play a central role in guiding her.
• C)Her psychological success plays a small role in her career path.
• D)She is basing her future on self-direction.
• E)She has very little need for development.

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Definitions:

Oedipus Conflict

A psychoanalytic theory, proposed by Freud, which suggests a child feels desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy and rivalry toward their same-sex parent.

Electra Conflict

A concept in psychoanalytic theory suggesting a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Anally Fixated

Anally fixated, a term derived from Freudian psychology, refers to an individual who is believed to have focused psychosexual development in the anal stage, leading to traits like obsessiveness, stinginess, or orderliness in adulthood.

Genital Stage

In psychoanalytic theory, the final stage of psychosexual development, typically beginning at puberty when sexual urges are once again awakened.