IOP4863 ASSIGNMENT 2
SECTION B: CAREER PSYCHOLOGY
UNIQUE NUMBER: 857125
17 AUGUST 2020
,Table of Contents
Description Page
Plagiarism Form 2
QUESTION 1
1.1 Nomsa’s Current Adulthood Stage and The Psychological
Tasks Associated with Her Career Life Stage 3
1.2 Sociocultural Background and Synopsis of How These Can
Influence A Person’s Current Career Decisions and Choices 4
1.3 Three Career Services That Can Assist Nomsa With Her Career
Related Problem According to The Diagnostic Framework of
Career Services 5
1.4 Ethical Considerations 7
QUESTION 2
2.1 The use of the Life Design Counselling 9
2.2 How the Life Design Paradigm Helps Clients 9
2.3. Steps of Applying the Life Design Model 10
QUESTION 3
3.1 Name and Discuss Five Business Skills, Specific to Career
Counselling and Guidance 11
QUESTION 4
4. Self-Evaluation 12
5. Reference List 14
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, QUESTION 1
1.1 Nomsa’s Current Adulthood Stage and The Psychological Tasks
Associated with Her Career Life Stage
Nomsa is 25 and is currently in the early adulthood, also called the exploration phase.
This stage is the transfer from adolescence towards being a young adult where a
person starts exploring different work options to decide on a career path and
developing that career (Coetzee, Roythorne-Jacobs, & Mensele, 2016)
The following are the core psychological tasks and challanges that are associated with
the early adulthood career stage (Coetzee et al., 2016):
• Pre-early adulthood (emerging adulthood) life stage (17 – / 30 years)
• Crystalling the self-concept by exploring one’s identity in the areas of love, work
and worldviews: trying out various life possibilities and moving toward enduring
decisions
• Dealing with quarter life crises ( / 30 years)
• Achieving independence and responsibility toward self
• Developing self-reliance or autonomy
• Early adulthood (establishment) life stage ( / 30 – 45 years)
• Establishing one’s vocational / career identity and career anchor (self-perceived
talents and abilities, motives, attitudes and values)
• Constructing an identity narrative (career identity) over time with life and work
experiences and revising / adjusting the identity narrative
• Finding a place in and contributing to society; becoming a responsible young
adult
• Making an impact on one’s environment – advancing in one’s career
• Becoming established in an occupation and in family life (work-family balance
and security)
• Developing intimacy, becoming committed and involved, developing stable
affiliations
• Developing career competency, career self-efficacy and career adaptability
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SECTION B: CAREER PSYCHOLOGY
UNIQUE NUMBER: 857125
17 AUGUST 2020
,Table of Contents
Description Page
Plagiarism Form 2
QUESTION 1
1.1 Nomsa’s Current Adulthood Stage and The Psychological
Tasks Associated with Her Career Life Stage 3
1.2 Sociocultural Background and Synopsis of How These Can
Influence A Person’s Current Career Decisions and Choices 4
1.3 Three Career Services That Can Assist Nomsa With Her Career
Related Problem According to The Diagnostic Framework of
Career Services 5
1.4 Ethical Considerations 7
QUESTION 2
2.1 The use of the Life Design Counselling 9
2.2 How the Life Design Paradigm Helps Clients 9
2.3. Steps of Applying the Life Design Model 10
QUESTION 3
3.1 Name and Discuss Five Business Skills, Specific to Career
Counselling and Guidance 11
QUESTION 4
4. Self-Evaluation 12
5. Reference List 14
1|Page
, QUESTION 1
1.1 Nomsa’s Current Adulthood Stage and The Psychological Tasks
Associated with Her Career Life Stage
Nomsa is 25 and is currently in the early adulthood, also called the exploration phase.
This stage is the transfer from adolescence towards being a young adult where a
person starts exploring different work options to decide on a career path and
developing that career (Coetzee, Roythorne-Jacobs, & Mensele, 2016)
The following are the core psychological tasks and challanges that are associated with
the early adulthood career stage (Coetzee et al., 2016):
• Pre-early adulthood (emerging adulthood) life stage (17 – / 30 years)
• Crystalling the self-concept by exploring one’s identity in the areas of love, work
and worldviews: trying out various life possibilities and moving toward enduring
decisions
• Dealing with quarter life crises ( / 30 years)
• Achieving independence and responsibility toward self
• Developing self-reliance or autonomy
• Early adulthood (establishment) life stage ( / 30 – 45 years)
• Establishing one’s vocational / career identity and career anchor (self-perceived
talents and abilities, motives, attitudes and values)
• Constructing an identity narrative (career identity) over time with life and work
experiences and revising / adjusting the identity narrative
• Finding a place in and contributing to society; becoming a responsible young
adult
• Making an impact on one’s environment – advancing in one’s career
• Becoming established in an occupation and in family life (work-family balance
and security)
• Developing intimacy, becoming committed and involved, developing stable
affiliations
• Developing career competency, career self-efficacy and career adaptability
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