What Is Involved in the Direction Phase of Career Development

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Essay

What is involved in the direction phase of career development? How can skills inventories and career paths aid in the process?

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Definitions:

Accommodation

In Piaget’s theory, the developing child’s process of changing his schemas based on his interactions with the environment.

Conservation of Number

A cognitive ability in children to understand that the quantity of something remains the same despite changes in its form or arrangement.

Discontinuous

Characterized by interruptions or gaps, not following a smooth, uninterrupted progression.

Theory of Mind

The ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, intents, desires, emotions, knowledge—to oneself and others, and to understand that others have beliefs, desires, and intentions that are different from one's own.