Keywords
an error in choice
Publications
Zotova N.N. (2010). Origin of errors of senior pupils when choosing a profession and the possibility of their preventive maintenance . The Moscow University Psychology Bulletin, 2, 102-110
In the literature on professional self-determination there is a notion about a successful choice of a profession as conscious, independent and responsible. The analysis of errors of senior pupils when they choose a profession has shown, that the most common reason of errors is low consciousness of the main factors of the choice – «I want» and «I can». Therefore it is necessary to start the psychological support of professional self-determination of teenagers with their personal self-determination as a necessary stage of professional self-determination.
Pages: 102-110
Keywords: a successful choice of a profession;
an error in choice;
awareness;
self-consciousness;
independence;
responsibility;
personal and professional self-determination;