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Career Development and Life Skills — Revision Notes
Telangana Open School (TOSS) · Class 12 · Psychology
Career Development and Life Skills revision notes for Telangana Open School (TOSS) Class 12 Psychology: 4 topics in quick points.
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Key Topics to Revise
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Meaning and Stages of Career Development
- Career refers to all activities a person engages in during their lifetime, including personal, occupational, and social life.
- Career development is a dynamic, ongoing, and gradual process that shapes a person's lifestyle.
- It involves experiences like education, job training, achievements, and satisfaction levels.
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Stages of Vocational Development
- Vocational development has four stages: Early Exploration, Exploration and Trial, Establishment and Maintenance, and Retirement.
- Early Exploration involves first jobs, often part-time or temporary.
- Exploration and Trial is when a person tries different jobs to find a suitable one — also called the 'floundering stage'.
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Career Planning
- Career planning includes personal, social, and occupational life planning.
- Three key features: Know Thyself, Know the World of Work, and Match Self with Work.
- Know Thyself means understanding your interests, abilities, aptitudes, and limitations.
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Life Skills
- Life skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behavior to handle daily challenges.
- Adaptive means being flexible in different situations; positive behavior means staying hopeful.
- Ten core life skills grouped into Social, Thinking, and Emotional Skills.
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Career development refers to the overallThere are five life stagesA systematic process involving three keyLife skills are abilities that helpCareer adjustment involves changing one’s job
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Key topics in Career Development and Life Skills include Meaning and Stages of Career Development, Stages of Vocational Development, Career Planning, Life Skills. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the Telangana Open School (TOSS) Class 12 board exam.
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