After Reading Several Novels About Teaching, Jameel Has Become Fascinated

question 2

Multiple Choice

After reading several novels about teaching, Jameel has become fascinated with teaching as a career. According to Ryan and Cooper, what else would be a fruitful way to help him decide if teaching is the right career for him?

• A) To work in a variety of part-time jobs to see if teaching is still appealing
• B) To get advice from his former teachers about the realities of teaching
• C) To take a career preference test
• D) To read some more novels and watch movies about teaching

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Definitions:

Nonsense Syllables

Strings of letters that do not follow grammatical rules and do not have meaning, used in memory and learning experiments.

Encoding Failure

The inability to recall specific information because of insufficient encoding of the information at the time of memory formation.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, feelings, or desires are excluded from conscious awareness.

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where older memories hinder the recall of newly learned information.