This document discusses career choice and development. It begins by outlining the session objectives which are to explain how self-concept relates to career choice, explain Holland's theory of personality types, and describe the Archway of Career Determinants. It then discusses how self-concept is formed from a young age based on Holland and Super's theories. Specifically, that interests develop from activities which shape skills and values. Holland's theory of six personality types that match work environments is also explained. The document concludes by introducing the Archway of Career Determinants model.

1. Session 5:
Environment and Self
7th Edition
Take Hold of Your Future
JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey, Ed.D.

2. At the end of this session, students will be able to:
• Explain how self-concept is formed and how it relates to
career choice.
• Explain Holland’s theory of personality types.
• Describe the Archway of Career Determinants and its
meaning for personal career choices.
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Objectives

3. • Self-Concept – a picture or image of one’s self, a combination
of what we think we are, what others think we are, and what we
want to be.
Definitions
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4. • Holland
– Parents offer activities.
– Activities that are positively reinforced become interests.
– People pursue skills to support their interests.
– Possessing specific interests and skills leads to the
development of values.
– This sequence produces a unique “code” that people seek
to implement through work.
How Self-Concept is Formed
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5. • Super
– Self-concept formation begins very early in life.
– It is developed by the feedback that we receive from
significant others.
– Those parts of the self-concept that can apply to work are
called the vocational self-concept.
– People seek to implement their vocational self-concept in
work.
How Self-Concept is Formed (Cont’d)
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6. • The self-concept is continually formed and modified
throughout life.
• Self-concept is the dynamic behind selection and interaction of
life roles.
• Choice of an occupation is an attempt to implement a
self-concept.
• Career choices will be difficult if the self-concept is fuzzy,
negative, or unrealistic.
How Self-Concept is Formed (Cont’d)
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7. • What statements am I making about myself in this collage?
• What do these pictures say about who I am now, or who I want
to be in the future?
• What role models or early life events have affected this
selection of pictures?
• What occupations might be suggested by this self-information?
Discussion of Student Collages
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8. • People can be described as a combination of six different
personality types.
• Environments can be described by the same six types.
• Individuals of a given personality type are drawn to
environments of the same type.
• Satisfaction is likely when person’s type matches an
environment’s type.
Holland’s Theory
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9. • Realistic (R) – likes to work with tools, machines, animals; good
mechanical skills.
• Investigative (I) – likes to work with abstract ideas; good math
and science skills.
• Artistic (A) – likes to engage in creative activities; good skills in
art, music, dance, or other artistic form.
The Six Personality Types
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10. • Social (S) – likes to work with people face to face to help or
teach them; has good verbal and social skills.
• Enterprising (E) – likes to work with people face to face to
manage them or sell a product or service; has good persuasive
skills.
• Conventional (C) – likes to work with data, facts, numbers;
good organizational skills.
The Six Personality Types (Cont’d)
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11. Relationship of Six Holland Clusters
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From Career Choice and Development: Applying Contemporary Theories to Practice (2nd. ed.). Duane Brown,
Linda Brooks, and Associates (Eds.), Copyright © 1990, Jossey-Bass Inc. Reprinted with permission of John Wiley
& Sons, Inc.
The Archway of Career Determinants