ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

DECISION MAKING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What effects does a family’s history of jobs/careers have on a student’s career choices?
A
There will be no effects.
B
The student might follow in a family member’s footsteps.
C
The student will choose a career that no one in the family has chosen.
D
The student might choose the career with the highest pay.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Parents influence the level of education or training that their children achieve; the knowledge they have about work and different occupations; the beliefs and attitudes they have to working; and the motivation they have to succeed.

Detailed explanation-2: -The literature review has provided recommended models in career choices. The review of the literature showed that three areas of a student’s life affect the career choices they make: environment, opportunity, and personality. All three played varying roles in career outcomes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Having positive experiences and role models working in specific careers may influence the set of careers we consider as options for ourselves. One aspect of Social Cognitive Career Theory addresses the fact that we are likely to consider continuing a particular task if we have had a positive experience doing it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Occupational choice is affected by four factors: psychological, social, economic, and cultural. An individual’s job choice is molded by their family, morals, values, intelligence, abilities, finances, and many other factors.

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