Career Development Theories Flashcards

According to Gottfredson's Theory of Circumscription and Compromise, which factor is eliminated FIRST as children narrow their career options?

Answer: Sex-type boundaries

Gottfredson's theory states that sex-type (gender-role) boundaries are established first, around ages 6-8, before prestige and social class boundaries.

In Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), which construct most directly mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and career choice?

Answer: Outcome expectations

SCCT posits that outcome expectations mediate the path between self-efficacy beliefs and career interests and choices.

A CVE client states she avoids management roles because she watched her mother get fired from a supervisory position. Which SCCT learning source does this represent?

Answer: Vicarious learning

Observing another person's experience (her mother) and drawing conclusions about one's own likely performance is vicarious learning.

Super's Life-Span, Life-Space theory introduced the concept of the 'career rainbow.' What does this rainbow primarily illustrate?

Answer: Multiple life roles played simultaneously over time

The career rainbow depicts the simultaneous and overlapping life roles (e.g., child, worker, citizen) across developmental stages.

Which of the following BEST describes the concept of 'career adaptability' in Savickas's Career Construction Theory?

Answer: Psychosocial resources used to cope with career development tasks and transitions

Career adaptability refers to the psychosocial resources—concern, control, curiosity, and confidence—individuals use to manage vocational tasks and transitions.

Roe's theory of career choice emphasizes which early life factor as most influential on vocational selection?

Answer: Parent-child interactions and emotional climate

Anne Roe's theory holds that early parent-child relationships shape personality needs, which in turn drive career orientation toward or away from people.

In Krumboltz's Happenstance Learning Theory, which of the following is the evaluator's PRIMARY role when a client attributes career success entirely to luck?

Answer: Help the client recognize skills used to capitalize on unplanned events

Happenstance Learning Theory encourages clients to recognize that open curiosity and action skills allowed them to benefit from chance events.