CHAPTER 9
LATE ADOLESCENT AND ADULT CAREER DEVELOPMENT
EXERCISE 9.1
LIFE ROLES
E. 1. This exercise will help you determine which life roles are most important to you (Super’s Role
Salience)
What percent of your time
in the last month have you
spent in each of these
activities? (Participation)
With “1” being the most
important, rank your
commitment to each of
these roles. (Commitment)
Give a letter grade (A, B,
C, D, or F) to indicate
how much you know
about each role.
(Knowledge)
___ Studying
___ Working
___ Studying
___ Working
___ Studying
___ Working
E. 2. List the role that you participate in most and explain why you do so. Also, explain how your
participation in the role affects your participation in other roles. (Participation)
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E. 4. List the role that you know most about. Why do you know most about this role? What do you want
to learn about other roles? (Knowledge)
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WORKING DURING YOUR LIFE SPAN
E. 6. What major tasks or activities do you expect to do in your lifetime? Depending on your current age,
write in the spaces below what you did do, what you are doing, or what you will do. In doing this,
describe work issues that you confronted, are confronting now, or might confront. (Adult Life Stages)
18 to 25 (Exploration)
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E. 7. How do you see your work life changing as you age?
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E. 9. Do you think you will be doing similar work in twenty years to what you are doing now (or studying
to do)? Explain.
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