The concern here is with kinds of cognitive structures individuals use in making major life choices upon which subsequent development depends. The system conceptualized for describing these psychological processes, pictures each choice domain (such as occupations) as a set of concentric squares. The outermost square deals with total knowledge of the individual in regard to the domain; the second, with what is possible as a choice; and the inner square with what is chosen. A coordinated series of studies was carried out using 144 male and female adolescents in three countries: United States, Netherlands, and India. The purpose was to discover: (1) what aspects of the developing person's environment are related to the variables of such a system, and (2) how are the variables in different parts of the system related to each other. Assessment techniques used were: (1) a values Q-sort, (2) a free listing technique, and (3) a choice pattern procedure. Data on two choice domains, occupations and free-time activities, are discussed in terms of the above research objectives. (PS)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- The concern here is with .kinds of cognitive. structure life regard to the domain the second with what is possible as a choice 1
- I believe that social 2
- Personal Views of 3
- What lc chosen 3
- First 3
- Refer- 4
- How 4
- Assessment Procedures. 4
- Free Listing Technique. 5
- Research Plan. 5
- Place 6
- 12 upper-middle 18 lower-middle 6
- Enkhuizen 6
- Netherlands 24 boys 12 upper-middle 18 lower-middle 18 upper-lower 6
- 12 upper-middle 18 upper-lower 6
- 18 lower-middle 6
- Dutch Girls Boys 7
- Girls 7
- Occupations 34.5 7
- 25.8 36.2 22.2 20.8 7
- Indian Sample Girls 7
- Girls 7
- 6.2 5.2 7
- 4.7 7
- Netherlands Girls 9
- Boys Boys 9
- Occupations 4 9
- Indian boys and gir1.4 seldom accounted for their groupings in this way. 9
- Free Time 9
- Girls 9
- Girls Girls 9
- For 12
- We think that we have at least made a beginning. 12
