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MP_Wk2_FamilyCultureCareer.pptxFamily, Culture, & Career
Week 2
Highs & Lows
Can omit if you would like, but I think my students liked this last quarter!
Weekly Poll
Today’s Agenda
Discussion: Genogram Trends
Culture & Social Context
Psychology of Working
Upcoming Deadlines
Assessment Introduction
Genogram Reflection Paper
What is “Culture”?
Set of guidelines that people inherit from their social environments
that guide how they view the world, respond to it, and behave
in it.
Not synonymous with race, ethnicity, social class, or
immigration status
Impacts us continuously, whether we are aware of it or not
Fluid and changes as cultures and individuals interact
Transmitted across generations
Privilege exists within cultures
and most career theories do not adequately address it…
Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model: Exploration of Identity & Social Context
Interaction between your own identities, social location and agency, specific life events and circumstances, and upbringing
Family can provide important context
Don’t exist in isolation - impacted by external things/systems.
E.g., Fish metaphor (you are the fish, what is the fish bowl you are living in?) - zooming out
Breakout Rooms
(next slide)
Genogram Trends
Small Group Discussion
What did you notice?
What are the trends?
How do you want to follow these patterns or chart a new part?
Multiple Identities
We all have multiple identities that shape us and our daily experiences.
Some identities may offer us advantages, and others may offer us disadvantages
Assumptions about us based on these identities will be made, and these assumptions also impact us.
Having awareness of your identities and how they impact you as a person is important, for yourself as a person and your career.
Identities can be formed by culture but culture can also be formed by identity.
Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity
Based on Social Identities
“portion of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group”
(Jones & MkEwen, 2000)
“portion of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group”
Model of Multiple Dimensions of Identity (cont.)
(Jones & MkEwen, 2000)
Start with your core
Which is most salient to you?
(gets an atom near the core)
What is least salient?
(gets a point farther away from the core)
What, if any, salient identities do not appear on this chart?
What do you notice about the identities that are closer to your core?
Reactions?
How might our identities impact our career choices and interests?
How might others’ assumptions and beliefs about us based on our identities impact our career and interests?
Your Social Context
We all have unique identities which, as we’ve discussed, impact our lives and our career choices, but what about your upbringing and social context growing up?
Some of our identities may give us hints, but it is also important to think about:
opportunities you’ve had
limitations or barriers you encountered
the holistic picture of how your upbringing may have impacted your career goals
Think about your upbringing and the context in which you were raised…
What strengths or opportunities did that upbringing give you?
What constraints or limitations did your upbringing give you? (We all have them!)
Could be expectations from others, limited access to opportunities…
How did these factors impact you?
Breakout Rooms
Self Care: Nutrition, Hydration & Sleep
Week 2
Before any other types of self-care...
Have to start with the basics!
Sleep
Nutrition
Hydration
What happens when
you go without sleep?
What is your Chronotype?
A chronotype is the behavioral manifestation of underlying circadian rhythms of myriad physical processes. A person's chronotype is the propensity for the individual to sleep at a particular time during a 24-hour period.
Chronotype Quiz
Importance of Nutrition
Like an expensive car, your brain functions best when it gets only premium fuel: high-quality foods that contain lots of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants
Multiple studies have found a correlation between a diet high in refined sugars and impaired brain function — and even a worsening of symptoms of mood disorders, such as depression.
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate sleep and appetite, mediate moods, and inhibit pain. 95% of your serotonin is produced in your gastrointestinal tract
Studies have compared “traditional” diets, like the Mediterranean diet and the traditional Japanese diet, to a typical “Western” diet and have shown that the risk of depression is 25% to 35% lower in those who eat a traditional diet.
Start paying attention to how eating different foods makes you feel — not just in the moment, but the next day.
Hydration, Stress and Burnout
Even mild dehydration can affect your mood!
Mild dehydration causes headaches, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating
Mild dehydration causes some difficulty with mental tasks, particularly in the areas of vigilance and working memory
There are several factors that help determine how much water you should drink on a daily basis.
Age (elderly people need less water)
activity level (challenging workouts and sauna therapy require more water)
diet (high protein, sodium, or fiber-rich diets require more water)
climate (hot, dry climate, or an elevated terrain require more water)
certain medications are some factors that might affect how much water an individual needs,"
Tiny Habits
So how do I improve these?
BJ Fogg: a stanford professor leads the field on habits. His formula for creating a new habit, like drinking more water, is to attach a tiny habit onto an existing habit. Find an anchor, like every time you make your bed, you fill up your water bottle, then enjoy the feeling of accomplishment. Eventually the tiny habits build up to big ones!
If you want more info: https://www.popsci.com/story/science/tiny-habits-change/
What habits do you want to add?
-Getting more sleep
-Drinking more water
-Eating more veggies
Take a few minutes...
Write down 3-5 words that best describe yourself - we will be referring back to this next week!
Assessment Homework
Topic: Personality & Career
Assessment: 16 Personalities Test
Take as much time as you need, but answer spontaneously without second-guessing your instinctual answer. Try to answer honestly about how you really are, not how you wish you were.
Take a look at parts of your profile. Don’t forget to screenshot your results!
Next Week...
Assignments:
16 Personalities Assessment
Career Genogram Reflection Paper
Reflection Prompts:
After completing the Career Genogram, what themes did you notice? Do you want a career in something similar or completely different?
After completing the Multiple Dimensions of Identity chart, how can you see your different identities impacting your career development - provide examples.
How do both assessments inform your career decision making process?
