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