Early 20th Century Foundations
(1900-1950)
Mid-20th Century Theories
(1950-1970)
Late 20th Century Contributions
(1970-1990)
Theories of Happenstance and Modern Learning (1990-2000)
21st Century Approaches
(2000-present)
100

This profession focuses on matching workers to specialized industrial roles.

What is vocational guidance?

100

Holland’s theory suggests that job satisfaction increases when work environments align with these.

What are vocational types?

100

According to Gottfredson’s theory, this stage marks when children start eliminating careers based on social class.

What is ages 9-13 (Orientation to Social Valuation)?

100

Krumboltz’s theory suggests that career decisions are shaped by this type of learning, which happens through work experiences.

What are instrumental learning experiences?

100

In Savickas' Career Construction Theory, this is one of the four dimensions of career adaptability.

What is concern?

200

Frank Parsons, often called the father of vocational guidance, proposed a three-step model of career decision-making. The second step is:

What is understanding the requirements of different jobs?

200

This metaphor represents the dynamic interplay of life roles across developmental stages in Super's Life-Span, Life-Space theory.

What is the career rainbow?

200

Gottfredson’s theory describes how individuals adjust career choices when ideal options are not available.

What is career compromise?

200

Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) emphasizes the influence of this personal belief on career decision-making.

What is self-efficacy?

200

According to Dik et al., framing career as a calling can sometimes have this potential drawback.

What is reduced openness to alternative career paths?

300

This key early figure emphasized that matching personal traits to job requirements leads to vocational success.

Who is Frank Parsons?

300

Holland's theory asserts that individuals will be most satisfied and successful in their careers when their work environments align with this.

What is their personality type?

300

In Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), the most influential source of self-efficacy beliefs comes from this.

What are personal performance accomplishments?

300

This is a key component of SCCT that shapes how individuals expect career outcomes to turn out.

What are outcome expectations?

300

The Culturally Appropriate Career Counseling Model highlights this essential process of examining and reflecting on a client’s unique sociocultural background.

What is cultural assessment?

400

The first career counseling bureau in the United States was established in this year.

What is 1908?

400

Super’s concept of “life-space” refers to the roles individuals occupy across their lifespan, including this one, often overlooked in earlier theories.

What is the non-work role (e.g., leisure, family)?

400

SCCT highlights these as critical in shaping career interests and choices through learning experiences.

What are self-efficacy and outcome expectations?

400

Krumboltz's theory asserts that individuals should develop this mindset to embrace uncertainty and opportunity in career development.

What is planned happenstance?

400

This dimension of the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies Framework encourages career counselors to acknowledge their own social locations and power differentials in their counseling relationships.

What is counselor self-awareness?

500

Parsons' theory introduced this key concept, which involves matching an individual’s traits with specific job requirements.

What is Trait-and-Factor Theory?

500

Holland’s personality-environment fit theory emphasizes that congruence between these two factors leads to greater job satisfaction and performance.

What are personality type and work environment?

500

In Gottfredson's theory, this phase involves refining choices to match one’s self-concept, considering gender roles, prestige, and job availability.

What is orientation to the internal, unique self?

500

SCCT emphasizes that self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, and this third factor shape individuals’ career interests and goals.

What are personal goals (or personal agency)?

500

According to the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies Framework, this type of intervention is crucial for addressing systemic inequities within educational and career systems.

What is structural intervention (or systemic intervention)?

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