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Dictionary of Vocational Psychology
Circumscription
One of the core constructs of Gottfredson's (1996) theory of circumscription and compromise, circumscription is the process though which an individual progressively eliminates images of occupations from his or her social space. Gottfredson proposed that stages of circumscription include orientation to size and power (ages 3-5), sex roles (ages 6-8), social valuation (ages 9-13), and the internal, unique self (ages 14 and up).
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