Social Cognitive Career Theory SCCT

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Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)

• Robert W. Lent
• Steven D. Brown
• Gail Hackett

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SCCT - Influences

• Cognitive variables and processes
• Personal agency
• Constructivism
  

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SCCT - Influences

• Cognitive variables and processes
• Personal agency
• Constructivism
  

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SCCT - Goals

• To trace connections between persons and their
  career-related contexts
• To trace connections between cognitive and
  interpersonal factors
• To trace connections between self-directed and
  externally imposed influences
• Intended to build conceptual linkages with other
  theories of career development
• Offer a potentially unifying framework
• How Holland types develop
  
• How learning experiences influence interests in
  Krumboltzs theory
• What factors affect differential role salience in
  Supers theory
• How people acquire abilities in Dawis and
  Loftquists Theory of Work Adjustment

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SCCT - Goals

• To trace connections between persons and their
  career-related contexts
• To trace connections between cognitive and
  interpersonal factors
• To trace connections between self-directed and
  externally imposed influences
• Intended to build conceptual linkages with other
  theories of career development
• Offer a potentially unifying framework
• How Holland types develop
• How learning experiences influence interests in
  Krumboltzs theory
• What factors affect differential role salience in
  Supers theory
• How people acquire abilities in Dawis and
  Loftquists Theory of Work Adjustment

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SCCT Central concepts and assumptions

• Person-environment interaction is dynamic and
  situation specific
• People are products AND producers of their
  environments
• Key Theoretical Constructs
• Self-efficacy
• Acquired through
• 1) Personal attainments MOST INFLUENTIAL
• 2) Vicarious learning
• 3) Social persuasion
• 4) Physiological states and reactions

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SCCT Central concepts and assumptions

• Person-environment interaction is dynamic and
  situation specific
• People are products AND producers of their
  environments
• Key Theoretical Constructs
• Self-efficacy
• Outcomes expectations

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SCCT Central concepts and assumptions

• Person-environment interaction is dynamic and
  situation specific
• People are products AND producers of their
  environments
• Key Theoretical Constructs
• Self-efficacy
• Outcomes expectations
• Goals

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SCCT Central concepts and assumptions

• Person-environment interaction is dynamic and
  situation specific
• People are products AND producers of their
  environments
• Key Theoretical Constructs
• Self-efficacy
• Outcomes expectations
• Goals

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Development of Basic Career Interests over
Time (Lent, Brown, Hackett, 1994)
Perceived Abilities
Self-Efficacy
Sources of Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations
Intentions/ Goals for Activity Involvement
Activity Selection and Practice
Performance Attainments (e.g., goal fulfillment,
skill development
Interest
Outcome Expectations
Values
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Person, Contextual, and Experiential Factors
Affecting Career-Related Choice Behavior (Lent,
Brown, Hackett, 1993)
Person Inputs -Predispositions -Gender -Ethnicity
-Disability/Health Status
Contextual Influences Proximal to Choice Behavior
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Self-Efficacy
moderate
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moderate
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Learning Experiences
Performance Domains and Attainments
Choice Goals
Choice Actions
Interest
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Outcome Expectations
Background Contextual Affordances
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SCCT Intervention Implications

• Expanding interests and facilitating choice
• Overcoming barriers to choice and success
• Developing and modifying self-efficacy perceptions