Career Decision Making: A Comparison between Cognitive Information Processing Model and CASVE Cycle

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Masters of Counseling: Career Development
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10/10/2019

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Contents
Comparison between cognitive information processing model and CASVE cycle...................2
Cognitive information processing model...............................................................................2
Self-reflection based on CASVE Cycle.....................................................................................7
Phase 1: Communication........................................................................................................7
Phase 2: Analysis....................................................................................................................8
Phase 3: Synthesis..................................................................................................................9
Phase 4: Valuing...................................................................................................................10
Phase 5: Execution...............................................................................................................11
Implementation plan.........................................................................................................12
References................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
Career counseling is considered as a process that provides insight about yourself and
the world of work to make the career, educational and life decisions. It helps the individual in
solving the issues and developing the personality through the application of various
counseling theories (Arthur, 2018). The additional paragraphs of the report will reflect upon
the comparison between the cognitive information processing model and CASVE cycle and
will also include the self-reflection on career decision making through the application of the
CASVE cycle.
Comparison between the cognitive information
processing model and CASVE cycle
Cognitive information processing model
In order to solve the problems related to career and decision-making, the model of
cognitive information processing was developed through the joint efforts of researchers at
Florida State University. The practical application of the model was done in the year 1971.
The main components of the model include the content and the process for making the
decisions related to the career. The content includes the knowledge about one own-self i.e.
employment preferences, skills, interests, and values. It also involves the knowledge about
emotions, thoughts and metacognitions and the knowledge about the options available (Gati,
& Levin, 2015).
The above-stated components are categorized into the domain of information
processing which includes knowledge domain, decision-making skills domain and executive

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processing domain. The process of the cognitive information processing model focuses on
making effective decisions. It considers the gap under which it determines where the
individual is and where it wants to become. This model aids in providing a deeper
understanding of one own self and the options available. This model expands and narrows the
available options by selecting the choice and valuing some options by selecting them.
Furthermore, it focuses on developing the implementation plan for the choice made and also
reflects upon the chosen option (Dozier, Lenz & Freeman, 2016).
This model aims at developing the skills among the individual to focus on the
problems related to career and also develops the skills for effective decision making and
making the appropriate career choices in the future. It provides the direction to the
individuals to solve the career-related problems and advance their career (Neubert, Mainert,
Kretzschmar & Greiff, 2015).
This model focuses on the gap between an existing state of career indecision and a
more desirable state of decidedness. The gap analyzed through this model becomes the
primary driving motivational force to search for the problem solving process because the gap
leads to the state of cognitive dissonance. The cognitive information processing consists of
problem space that entails the career problems at hand and also considers the emotional state
of the individuals (Sampson Jr, 2017).
Another component in the CIP model is career problem solving under which it
focuses on analyzing the causes, acknowledging the gap and formulates the courses of actions
in order to reduce the gap. The aim is to reduce the career problem through selection from the
alternatives available. Another component is career decision making under which it carries
out the actions for the implementation of the choice selected (Sampson, Peterson, Osborn, &
Hayden, 2015).