OLPD 2811 Notes Societies Of The Future: Changing Work Contexts PDF

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Shipley Chapter 5: - We have to start young when finding occupational identity… “What do you want to be?” - Even if a youngster could tell you what she wanted to be when she grows up, it's likely that many tasks that job requires today will have been automated or re-formed completely by the time she's ready to earn her first paycheck. - We should encourage curiosity instead… “What do you like to do?” - There are two predominant theories on how our personal identities are formed. The first is the identity status model, originally proposed by developmental psychologist Erik Erikson and later refined by psychologist James Marcia. 8 The second theory is the narrative identity theory proposed and developed by Dan P. McAdams. - There are two predominant theories on how our personal identities are formed. The first is the identity status model, originally proposed by developmental psychologist Erik Erikson and later refined by psychologist James Marcia. 8 The second theory is the narrative identity theory proposed and developed by Dan P. McAdams. - The point is this: identity needn't be set in concrete. New information can guide us from one status to another in this model of identity. In fact, Theo Klimstra, PhD, associate professor at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University and an identity specialist, believes we are “never done with our identity formation,” especially in today's society where so many factors are called into question by external changes. Indeed, our ability to navigate and reformulate our changing identity is core to our adaptability. - That is an identity trap, the formulation of a self-image based on a moment in time....