Developmental Overview
Career Theory 1
Career Theory 2
Mindsets & Behaviors 1
Mindsets & Behaviors 2
100

This false belief that one cannot experience negative consequences can lead teens to sometimes make unhealthy decisions.

What is the Personal Fable 

100

This person’s theory uses a rainbow to help understand life roles.

Who is Super

100

Model that explains the development of career interests by identifying relationships among self-efficacy, outcome expectations, personal goals, and environmental/contextual factors

What is Social Cognitive Career Theory

100

This form of encouragement with trusted adults is crucial for students In helping them to form self-efficacy beliefs and future aspirations.

What is Verbal Persuasion

100

Conducting a thorough needs assessment of the career and college goals of 10th graders at the beginning of the year will help school counselors tailor intervention for 10th graders at individual schools. Because 10th grade is such a pivotal year in career and college decision-making.

What is Career and College Needs for Schools

200

Mid-adolescents discover who they are and what they value through this one of Erikson’s stages.

What is Identity v. Role Confusion

200

What is this important issue in career development in which the relative importance of a role varies over time?

What is Role Salience

200

____________ influences an individual's intentions or goals. Students limit career and college possibilities based on what they think they can or cannot do.

What is Self-Efficacy 

200

This form of learning is powerful in connecting students with mentors to give them opportunities like job shadowing, exposure to industries and non-traditional careers, and professional connections.

What is Vicarious Learning 

200

Students currently experiencing difficulties related to life role balance, school counselors can implement small-group interventions can utilize this. 

What is Target Interventions

300

Just as a young child playing dress-up may do, 10th graders often will do this with different identities to find what fits.

What is “try on”

300

Name the theory described as encompassing all of the social positions and roles that we hold in society.

What is Life-Space Theory

300

The beliefs a person holds about the outcomes of engaging in certain behaviors.

What is Outcome Expectations

300

These experiences can challenge students and serve as tools to help students gage what they might want to explore build on for heavily weighted exams like the SAT or ACT.

What is Mastery Experiences

300

One way to help students thoroughly examine the life role changes is using this type of tool.

What is Career Rainbow

400

An individual’s plans to pursue a certain career or engage in a specific behavior; informed by self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, and contextual factors. 

What is Personal Goals