PSYC3039/40A Career Psychology - Final Assessment Preparation
Week 4: Career Choices and Poverty
Chapter 9 of the textbook.
Relation between poverty and career choices.
Factors influencing poverty.
Psychological impact of poverty.
Practicality of career choice and interventions.
History and contextualization of unemployment in South Africa.
Effects and impact of unemployment.
Implications for career practices.
Interventions for curbing unemployment.
Week 5: Holland & Vocational Personality
Chapter 3 of the textbook.
Holland’s theory:
Assumptions
Congruence
Vocational personality types
Holland’s environment types
How it works.
Critique of Holland’s theory.
Week 5: Super’s Career Development Theory
Chapter 4 of the textbook.
Super’s theory:
Principles & themes
Life career rainbow
Career maturity and adaptability
Archway model
Career construction theory.
Super’s theory in South Africa.
Career Psychology Theories
Chapter 2 of the textbook.
Historical development of career psychology theories.
Role of career psychology theories.
More recent theories.
Career psychology theory in the 21st century.
Theory Timeline
Before 1950: Trait approaches.
1950s: Theories re career behavior & career choice process emerged.
1960s and 1970s: Process of career decision-making (Holland and Super), social learning theory.
1980s and 1990s: Proliferation of theories and constructs.
Early 21st century: Constructivist approach.
More Recent Theories (from 1980s)
Work adjustment theory.
Social learning theory of career development.
Social cognitive career theory.
Circumscription & compromise.
Developmental-contextual theories.
Career Psychology Theory in the 21st Century
Examples:
Systems Theory Framework (STF).
Chaos theory of careers (Bright & Prior, 2005, 2011).
Career construction theory.
Week 7: Career Psychology Indigenization
Chapter 13 of the textbook.
Need for indigenization.
Indigenous psychology versus indigenization.
Culture and ethnicity in indigenization.
Research re. indigenization.
Week 7: New Forms of Work
What is driving new forms of work?
New work types and what to watch out for.
Generational cohorts.