The document discusses Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), which proposes that career-related choices are influenced by self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, and personal goals. SCCT posits that individuals are most likely to pursue and perform well in career paths that they believe they are well-suited for and can achieve success in. The theory also acknowledges that environmental factors like gender, race, and disabilities can impact career interests or present barriers.

3.  1. Interaction between the environment and other
people play a very strong influence in the career
path they will inevitable take.
 2. An individual's career is related with how they
behave, their self-thoughts, the personal beliefs
and what they expect to achieve.
 Self-efficacy :The concept that is held by an
individual that they can accomplish a task through
the past achievements will motivate them to
believe they can take on the task (career path)

4.  There are several factors that an individual
must take into consideration when choosing
a career, these include gender, race,
physical disabilities and environmental
differences these can affect the individuals
interest.
 There are different factors that influence
career choices these include direct or
indirect differences /variables other than
the individual self-efficacy and goals.

5.  Performance in educational activities
and occupations is a result of the
interactions among ability:
 Self-efficacy beliefs
 Outcome Expectations
 Goals established
 People with the highest level of ability
and the strongest self-efficacy is
believed to perform at the highest
level

6.  One of the assumptions of SSCT is that self-efficacy
and interest are linked and that interest can be
developed or strengthened using modeling,
encouragement and personal enactments.
 Builds on the assumption that cognitive factors play
an important role in career development and
decision making.
 Is closely linked to Krumboltz’s learning theory of
career counseling

7.  People are products AND producers
of their environments

8.  An individual's cognition could be faulty.
 Theory does not cater to person with
innate calling to a particular career
choice.
 The theory don't really explain
personality. They simply label general
predisposition.

9.  It places emphasis on self-efficacy and
self-regulatory behaviors of individuals
 Theory has been applied successfully to
incarcerated women, lesbian women
and gay men and adults with mental
illnesses.
 Traits are relatively stable over time.

10.  Self-efficacy: refers to the beliefs people have
about their ability to successfully complete the
steps required for a give task. Individuals develop
their sense of self-efficacy from personal
performance, learning by example, social
interactions, and how they feel in a situation.
 Outcome expectations: are the beliefs related to
the consequences of performing a specific
behavior. Typically, outcome expectations are
formed thorough past experiences, either direct or
vicarious, and the perceived results of these
experiences

11.  Goals: are seen as playing a primary role in
behavior. A goal is defined as the decisions to
begin a particular activity or future plan. Behaviors
is organized or sustained based on these previously
set goals (Lent et al., 1994).
 Contextual Supports: and Barriers: Perceived and
objective environmental factors that affect ability
to pursue one’s goals

12. Agree:
 We are in agreement that when individuals
possess the highest level of ability and
strong self-efficacy beliefs perform at their
highest level.
 Individuals become interested in things they
believe that can perform well at in order to
produce valued outcomes.

13. Disagree:
 We disagree that the environment is always
a contributing factor to a individual
choosing a particular career, as there are
many instances where persons have
chosen careers that is in total opposite of
the environment to which they were
exposed to. One such case are persons
who choose careers based on innate
calling.

14.  Expanding interests and facilitating choice
 Overcoming barriers to choice and
success
 Developing and modifying self-efficacy
perceptions

15.  Self-efficacy
 Outcome expectation
 Goals
 Contextual Barriers

17.  Social Cognitive Career theory, 2010,
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