One of the influences on your career choice is your personal history—the experiences you have had and the people who have influenced you. The purpose of this assignment is to explore your history as it relates to your future career path.

Please address the following biographical issues:

1. Basic information about yourself—your age, year in college, hometown, etc.

2. Your childhood interests: What did you want to be when you grew up?

3. Your parents: What are their careers? What do they want you to be? How do you know?

4. Who else has been influential in your life? What have you learned from them that may influence your career path?

5. What experiences up until now have influenced your life and your career aspirations? Why did you become a psychology major?

6. What types of leisure-time and extracurricular activities do you like?

7. What work experience have you had? Include part-time, full-time, and volunteer positions.

8. What are the specific values that are important to you to embody? (Give specific values, rather than referring to religious or cultural orientation from which these values may arise.)

9. What do you see as your most significant accomplishments so far?