Career, Decision making, & Lifestyle Choices Review

In decision making, what is a 'problem'?

• A difficult situation that requires a solution

• A fun game

• A simple choice

• Something that always has an easy answer

What is usually the first step in the decision-making process?

• Identifying the problem

• Ignoring the problem

• Blaming someone else

• Hoping the problem goes away

What does 'collaboration' mean when making decisions with a group?

• The act of working together to achieve a common goal

• A competition where only one person wins

• Ignoring everyone else's ideas

• Doing everything by yourself

Why is it important to practice making decisions?

• It can help you make better decisions in the future

• It is a waste of time

• It will make you feel bad

• It will make you a perfect decision-maker

What are 'consequences' in decision making?

• The good and bad things that might happen because of a decision

• Only the good things

• Only the bad things

• Things that don't matter

What does it mean to 'consider the consequences' of a decision?

• Think about what might happen with each choice

• Guess randomly

• Only think about the good things

• Ignore the possible outcomes

What does 'brainstorming solutions' mean in decision making?

• Listing all the possible choices you have

• Choosing the first option you think of

• Asking someone else to make the decision for you

• Ignoring all the options and doing nothing

Apprenticeship

• working for another person to learn a trade

• demand and availability of an occupation; factors in size of an industry and its rate of growth

• job shadowing experienced through the Internet via video interviews

• extent to which an assessment yields the same result on repeated trials

Internship

• temporary form of employment with an emphasis on supervised on-the-job training; may be paid or unpaid and may be part-time or full-time

• refers to the way individuals manage their time and energy between career activities and home activities

• extent to which an assessment yields the same result on repeated trials

• working for another person to learn a trade

Benefits

• services or rights provided by employers in addition to wages or salary; includes health, dental and life insurance, paid vacation time and sick leave and retirement plan options

• demand and availability of an occupation; factors in size of an industry and its rate of growth

• temporary form of employment with an emphasis on supervised on-the-job training; may be paid or unpaid and may be part-time or full-time

• working for another person to learn a trade