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Stress in Your Life

Stress in Your Life. 15.4 Starter p. 442, 1-4. I. Choosing College. First step towards separation for many New freedoms Stimulating experience Adjustment period 1. “college shock”. Choosing College (cont.). Peter Madison (1969) 1. 10 year study 2. Over 700 students

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Stress in Your Life

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  1. Stress in Your Life 15.4 Starter p. 442, 1-4

  2. I. Choosing College • First step towards separation for many • New freedoms • Stimulating experience • Adjustment period 1. “college shock”

  3. Choosing College (cont.) • Peter Madison (1969) 1. 10 year study 2. Over 700 students 3. Each kept a journal 4. many students approach college with often unrealistic aspirations a. Goals based on fantasy b. Lack experience to make realistic choices

  4. Sources of Change 1. College may challenge identity student realized in high school 2. Ex.- Top high school student goes to top college a. May struggle to get average grades b. No longer star pupil 3. Experience more diversity a. Hold old values/beliefs or formulate new ones b. Developmental friendships 1.) relationship between people that causes them to reexamine their basic assumptions 4. Can be influenced by professors or literature

  5. II. Working • Work Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction 1. Analyzed by Industrial Organizational Psychologists 2. Low job satisfaction a. Absenteeism b. Turnover c. Lower productivity d. 5 major sources of work satisfaction 1. Resources 2. Financial Reward 3. Challenge 4. Relations with coworkers 5. Comfort

  6. B. Changing Careers • People often have multiple jobs in life • Often begin a new career after retirement • Women after pause to raise kids • Workers become more tolerant of their jobs when other jobs are hard to find

  7. C. Comparable Worth • Market value of jobs held by women is often lower • Men and women are not evenly distributes among occupations • Men tend to have higher paying jobs

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