Career Systems, Academic Writing, and Kinesiology Fundamentals

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing career systems framework, biblically integrated knowledge concepts, academic article structure, types of ignorance, and kinesiology definitions.

Individual System

Internal factors that influence a person's career decisions, including personality, skills and abilities, values, interests, and personal circumstances.

Social System

External social influences that shape a person's career choices, such as family, peers/friends, cultural and social norms, and mentors or role models.

Environmental - Societal System

The availability of certain career opportunities and the desirability of different industries, influenced by economic decisions, job market trends, education systems, and political/legislative factors.

Colossians 3:23

Scripture verse stating: 'Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people'.

Scientia

The Latin root word for knowledge, referenced alongside Proverbs 1:7.

Academic Writing

Trading ideas and speaking the field's validated knowledge.

Abstract

A compressed summary of an academic article detailing why the study matters and how it was conducted.

Discussion

The section of an academic article that presents findings, meaning, limitations, and implications.

Information-Based Ignorance

A reversible, non-cognitive lack of knowledge that exists when a person has not engaged with available material or encountered exposure.

Lack of Access Ignorance

A lack of opportunity where information exists but was not reachable.

Consequence Cycle

A progression caused by not reading that leads to second-hand info, incomplete opinions, false confidence, and ultimately resisting correction.

Research

A systematic process of investigation and study that advances knowledge, provides insight, and pushes a discipline or industry forward.

Competency

The combination defined by the equation $\text{Competency} = \text{Knowledge} + \text{Experience}$.

Kinesiology

The study of human physical movement.

Exercise Science

The study of exercise, fitness, and physical, mental, emotional, and social health.

Fitness Components

The five elements of fitness, consisting of muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, body composition, and cardiovascular endurance.