Question

Joey notices that people always compliment his Dad on the nice suits that he wears. His Dad owns a business in town. People always say to his Dad that "business must be good". Meanwhile, Joey’s older cousin works as a cashier at a local grocery store. Sometimes, people ask Joey’s cousin, Sheila, if she "wants paper or plastic" as a joke. Joey isn’t sure that he wants to own a business, because it seems like a lot of work, but he is thinking that he would like to earn a good salary and still have free time to work on hobbies. According to Linda Gottfredson’s theory of Circumscription and Compromise, Joey is at which orientation stage?

Answer 1

Answer: Orientation to internal, unique self  

Explanation: In simple words, orientation refers to the process of determining the position of one self or the others with respect to a particular situation.

In the given case, Joey has to make a decision that impacts his personal life and he has to make it himself. Therefore, the confusion he is having about the decision depicts that he is at the stage of internal orientation.