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History of Vocational Psychology, Ideals of Career Development January 17 07

Early Benchmarks in Formal History. 1844 YMCA opened in London1851 first YMCA opened in US (Boston)From preparation, remediation to prevention, 18901901 E. L. Thorndike among consultants1922 Find Yourself" programs1925 Fryer writes Vocational Self-Guidance". Early Benchmarks in Formal Histor

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History of Vocational Psychology, Ideals of Career Development January 17 07

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    1. History of Vocational Psychology, Ideals of Career Development January 17 07

    2. Early Benchmarks in Formal History 1844 YMCA opened in London 1851 first YMCA opened in US (Boston) From preparation, remediation to prevention, 1890 1901 E. L. Thorndike among consultants 1922 “Find Yourself” programs 1925 Fryer writes “Vocational Self-Guidance”

    3. Early Benchmarks in Formal History Use of correlational statistics by Galton 1883 Cattell (1890) advanced statistics to study people 1911 Thorndike among those in this movement Frank Parsons (1909) law professor, social issues developed a “vocational guidance” course for YMCA first time term used Development of psychological laboratories in municipal vocational bureaus Hollingsworth publishes Vocational Psychology (1916)

    4. Early Benchmarks in Formal History E. K. Strong was a student of Hollingsworth J. B. Minor publishes Analysis of Work Interests (1918) World War I Yerkes, APA president, involved psychologists in intellectual testing (Army Alpha, Beta) Scott (and Thorndike, Terman, Watson, Strong) involved in performance ratings and evaluations

    5. Early Benchmarks in Formal History Returning soldiers: Vocational rehabilitation acts Terman brought Strong to Stanford, published Strong Vocational Interest Blank 1927 Minnesota begins “ability” tests World War II Aviation Psychology Program Subsequent higher degree of specificity in field Rehabilitation and reentry of veterans

    6. Career Development Assumptions? “Everyone has the ability to make work choices.”

    7. Career Development Assumptions? Work is a contained part of people’s lives….

    8. Career Development Assumptions? The world of work is predictable….

    9. Career Development Assumptions? An individual will make one decision early in life….

    10. Career Development Assumptions? Career counseling is short term and focused in information giving….

    11. Our World of Work Economies and work – Agrarian economies; SES gaps, rural, need property rights, legal issues; science? Industrialized economies; factory jobs, monotony, loosens family ties? Middle class emerges Post-industrial; global, choices varied but unstable

    12. Our World of Work Work Structure – Transnational corporations Changes in job classifications (to functions)

    13. Our World of Work Globalization Social Factors Gender equity, dual role workers, aging, housing Technology

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