Developing a professional mindset.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scenario

Apply aspects of your learning experience in psychology to develop a professional mindset. As you contemplate the best practices for thriving in a professional environment, your attitude and disposition will play a major role in how effectively you communicate with, collaborate with, and lead others. Soft skills are dispositional attributes that enable you to make decisions, solve problems, and sustain positive relationships within the workplace setting. By applying your unique dispositional skills to develop a positive professional mindset, you enhance the possibility of career opportunities, satisfaction, and success.

Directions

Using what you learnt from developing a growth mindset, you will apply aspects of emotional intelligence to specific soft skills in the workplace setting. In doing so, you will develop the dispositional attributes of your professional persona that will enable you to achieve success in the workplace.

1. Describe how dispositional attributes related to self-awareness influence the development of a professional mindset. Specifically include the following dispositional attributes:

· Honesty and integrity

· Positive attitude

· Self-confidence

· Growth mindset

2. Describe the ways in which your BA Psychology program experience has helped you to develop aspects of self-awareness that will enable you to adaptively manage change and thrive in a rapidly changing world.

3. Describe how dispositional attributes related to self-regulation influence the development of a professional mindset. Specifically include the following dispositional attributes:

· Adaptability

· Initiative

· Organization

· Self-motivation

4. Describe the ways in which your BA Psychology program experience has helped you to develop aspects of self-regulation that will enable you to adaptively manage change and thrive in a rapidly changing world.

5. Describe how dispositional attributes related to social awareness influence the development of a professional mindset. Specifically include the following dispositional attributes:

· Conflict resolution

· Teamwork

· Multicultural sensitivity

· Leadership

6. Describe the ways in which your BA Psychology program experience has helped you to develop aspects of social awareness that will enable you to adaptively manage change and thrive in a rapidly changing world.