Alanna Gillis- Social Class Differences in College Student Participation in Peace Corps, Teach for America, and Other Service Organizations
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- Q1
Students are taking longer than before to transition into their careers.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q2
What are backup planners?
Participation in short-term opportunity to take advantage of time before starting long-term career
Participation in short-term service program because of alignment with personal goals and participation in meaningful experience
Participation to enter desired career field
Participation in short-term temporary work for strategic benefits despite prefering to enter long-term work
30s - Q3
Which research method did Gillis use in her study?
Interviews
Survey
Experiment
Observation
30s - Q4
What is emerging adulthood theory?
The experience of "crisis" as a young adult
Life stage between adolescence and young adulthood characterized by identity exploration
Transition between pre-teen and teenage years defined by fluctuating emotions and changing goals
30s - Q5
Does Gillis's study support the idea of the emerging adulthood theory?
falsetrueTrue or False30s - Q6
According to Gillis's study, what influences students to involve themselves in service programs?
Pressures from parents
Boredom
Identity development
Social class background & financial security
30s - Q7
Which identity/identities align best with emerging adulthood theory?
Professionals & Backup Planners
Enthusiasts & Delayed Careerists
Backup Planners
30s - Q8
Which identity tends to come from the lowest social class background?
Delayed Careerists
Professionals
Backup Planners
Enthusiasts
30s - Q9
What are delayed careerists?
Participation to enter desired career field
Participation in short-term temporary work for strategic benefits despite prefering to enter long-term work
Participation in short-term opportunity to take advantage of time before starting long-term career
Participation in short-term service program because of alignment with personal goals and participation in meaningful experience
30s - Q10
What are enthusiasts?
Participation in short-term temporary work for strategic benefits despite prefering to enter long-term work
Participation in short-term service program because of alignment with personal goals and participation in meaningful experience
Participation to enter desired career field
Participation in short-term opportunity to take advantage of time before starting long-term career
30s - Q11
What are professionals?
Participation to enter desired career field
Participation in short-term service program because of alignment with personal goals and participation in meaningful experience
Participation in short-term opportunity to take advantage of time before starting long-term career
Participation in short-term temporary work for strategic benefits despite prefering to enter long-term work
30s - Q12
Who did Gillis interview for her study?
College freshman from elite schools with well-off families
Low-income students at a selective university
Working seniors at a state school
Juniors and seniors at a selective university from a range of economic backgrounds
30s - Q13
Extrinsic reasons for joining a service program are to follow passions or identity projects.
falsetrueTrue or False30s - Q14
Lower social class backgrounds tend to emphasize extrinsic or intrinsic rewards?
Extrinsic
Intrinsic
30s - Q15
Are work values stable or changing during the transition to adulthood?
Stable
Changing
30s