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Frost2351 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

For the past three years, 16-year-old Susan has set her sights on becoming an electrical engineer. Which one of the following statements about Susan is consistent with research on career goals?

a. It's highly unusual for an adolescent like Susan to have such a stable career goal.
b. Susan worries about whether she'll be able to handle both her career and motherhood.
c. Susan's high aspirations are quite surprising; most adolescents (boys and girls alike) tend to aspire to careers far below what they are capable of achieving.
d. Susan is likely to find equal numbers of males and females in her college engineering classes.

Question 2

Three of the following behaviors reflect a social goal. Which behavior does not necessarily reflect a social goal?

a. Learning as much as one can about European history
b. Helping a person who has been hurt in an accident
c. Bullying a clumsy and unpopular classmate
d. Seeking a teacher's approval