Author Question: Laurence is going to be a personal trainer when he graduates from college. If you wanted to reduce ... (Read 181 times)

jrubin · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Laurence is going to be a personal trainer when he graduates from college. If you wanted to reduce the reality shock that he will experience when he gets his first real job, what would you advise him to do?

a. seek out an internship or a practicum experience to get some experience in the field
b. get a Master's degree before going into the workplace
c. take a double major so he will have a better back-up plan for another career
d. study textbooks beyond those required by his college professors to get a more real world sense of what to expect

Question 2

Doreen has signed up for a graduate course in thanatology. What will be the focus of this class?

a. the elements of death and dying and social attitudes toward these events
b. the elements of retirement that are related to post-career satisfaction
c. the predictors of active, vital relationships, including sexual ones, in old age
d. the predictors of mid-life career satisfaction and mid-life career changes