The old statement holds true to the realities of our career choices. When I look at my family tree, I can see through the genogram the roots in which many messages that I have received growing up stem from. I can also make that statement that it is true indeed that “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”. It is very typical for individuals to follow their families own career choices. Not only is what our parents career choices were familiar to us, but they are what seem attainable to many of us. Due to the messages that we receive from our families and modeling, we typically enjoy staying within our comfort zones. If our parents teach us and train us to take after the family business when we are older, then we grow up preparing ourselves
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Social learning theory is based off the concept that people learn from watching others. This is applicable to career development because an individual’s career choice may be reflective of a learned outcome from their family members. As stated before, role models serve as an important part in a minority individuals career development. My family serves as examples to others and their descendants the importance of having a high self-efficacy and to seek after higher goals and greater career aspirations. Minorities internalize societal stereotypes just as any individual, but role models can serve as a positive influence for minority students to learn and understand ways to overcome the obstacles set before them. As I look toward Bandura’s Modeling Theory, I also consider its applicability to the number of children of clergy who become clergy themselves. This theory would support the idea that as the children grew up and learned the practice of their clergy parents, then leading them to pursue the same career. I can recall many times watching both of my parents engage with the communities that they worked in and even participating in ministry with them so much that it did become my own behaviors. I believe that this can be applicable to any career trend that persons may find through their genograms, because if they were modeling after their families career choices, those career choices eventually would become their
Social learning theory is based off the concept that people learn from watching others. This is applicable to career development because an individual’s career choice may be reflective of a learned outcome from their family members. As stated before, role models serve as an important part in a minority individuals career development. My family serves as examples to others and their descendants the importance of having a high self-efficacy and to seek after higher goals and greater career aspirations. Minorities internalize societal stereotypes just as any individual, but role models can serve as a positive influence for minority students to learn and understand ways to overcome the obstacles set before them. As I look toward Bandura’s Modeling Theory, I also consider its applicability to the number of children of clergy who become clergy themselves. This theory would support the idea that as the children grew up and learned the practice of their clergy parents, then leading them to pursue the same career. I can recall many times watching both of my parents engage with the communities that they worked in and even participating in ministry with them so much that it did become my own behaviors. I believe that this can be applicable to any career trend that persons may find through their genograms, because if they were modeling after their families career choices, those career choices eventually would become their