Types+of+Theories+&+How+to+Choose+Approach

(pages numbers based on Brown (2016))
 * 4 Types of Theories We've Discussed So Far**
 * 1) **Developmental Theories(chp. 4)**
 * 2) Super's Lifespan, Life-Space Theory (p. 70)
 * 3) Gottfredson's Theory of Circumscription and Compromise (p. 80)
 * 4) Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axelrad, and Herma Theory (p. 70; only mentioned in passing in Brown 2016 text)
 * 5) **Person-Environment Fit (Person-Environment Congruence/Correspondence - PEC) (chp. 3)**
 * 6) Holland's Theory of Career Development Theorizing (p. 47)
 * 7) Theory of Work Adjustment - TWA (p. 55)
 * 8) A Values-Based Approach (p. 59)
 * 9) **Learning-Theory Based (chp. 5)**
 * 10) Krumboltz's Theory of Happenstance and Decision Making (p. 87)
 * 11) A Career Information-Processing Model of Career Choice (p. 96)
 * 12) Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) Lent, Brown and Hackett (p.91)
 * 13) **Post Modern (chp. 6)**
 * 14) Young, Valach, and Collin: A Contextualist Theory of Career (p. 103)
 * 15) Savickas' Career Construction Theory (p. 105)
 * 16) Contextualist Career Counseling (Savicka's on p. 107)
 * 17) Chaos Theory of Career Development and Spirituality (p. 113) - linked to compare/contrast chart of all above theories
 * 18) Solution-Focused Career Counseling (p. 118)


 * When choosing which approach to use, ask yourself "does the approach..."**
 * 1) **...allow for the future forward movement of social support** (Brown, 2016, p. 131)
 * 2) meaning can it positively incorporate family, friends, coworkers, etc.
 * 3) **...allow for individuals to gain info about themselves & their work environment** (Brown, 2016, p. 132)
 * 4) **...provide a decision-making framework** (Brown, 2016, p. 132-133)
 * 5) some address decision making directly (ex: Cognitive Information Information Processing Approach to Career Problem Solving and Decision Making - CIP)
 * 6) **...allow for crystallization & cognitive rehearsal** (Brown, 2016, p. 134-135)
 * 7) Crystallization: "...the result of an exploratory process that looks at personal characteristics, occupational environments, and driving and retarding forces that influence the decision and its implementations" (Brown, 2016, p. 134)
 * 8) Cognitive rehearsal: "...like watching a DVD of the career choice with the client as the center of the action... enhanced by reading... job-shadowing... viewing audiovisual aids.. conversing with people who work in the job under consideration" (Brown, 2016, p. 135)
 * 9) **...mobilize client to move ahead in constructive manner** (Brown, 2016, p. 135)
 * 10) may be filling out college application, finding financial aid, coming up with plan B