CHAPTER 9
LATE ADOLESCENT AND ADULT CAREER DEVELOPMENT
260. Which of these is NOT one of Super’s life roles?
a. community service
b. investing
c. studying
d. working
261. Which of the following is NOT one of Super’s life roles?
a. community service
b. conventional
c. studying
d. working
262. Which of Super’s life roles is emphasized by general trait and factor theory?
a. community service
b. home and family
c. leisure activities
d. studying
e. working
263. After work, Jennie spends much of her time doing volunteer work in a mission, helping to care for
the homeless. Which of Super’s life roles describes these activities?
a. community service
b. home and family
c. studying
d. working
264. Melville believes that religion is extremely important in his life and that it should be to others as well.
Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best describes his belief?
a. commitment
b. knowledge
c. participation
d. values expectation
265. Gloria is a sophomore in college and plans to study hard the remainder of the year, in part, because
she skipped many of her classes and spent Thursday through Sunday drinking beer with her friends. Which
of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best describes her belief?
a. commitment
b. knowledge
c. participation
d. values expectation
266. Alfred has been an auto mechanic for two years. At first, he enjoyed his work, but now he is not sure.
However, he comes to work each day. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best
describes him?
a. commitment
b. knowledge
c. participation
d. values expectation
267. Grace is 13 and has learned a lot about skateboarding. Which of the following indicators of the
salience of life roles best describes her?
a. commitment
b. knowledge
c. participation
d. values expectation
268. Isaac is 15, a junior in high school. He doesn’t do his home work instead he watches talk shows.
From the perspective of Super’s life roles, which of the following sentences best describes this scenario?
a. He doesn’t like working or physical activity.
b. He is not knowledgeable about or committed to working.
c. He participates in leisure activities rather than studying.
d. His parents have been unable to discipline him.
269. Isabelle is depressed and stays in bed all day rather than making sales calls on her customers. She
says she should go to work but doesn’t. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best
describes her? Lack of
a. commitment
b. knowledge
c. participation
d. values expectation
270. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles most closely fits significant assessment
aspects of work adjustment theory?
a. commitment
b. knowledge
c. participation
d. values expectation
271. Which term did Super use to describe the five major life stages?
a. lifecycle
b. maxicycle
c. minicycle
d. recycling
272. Growth and changes that take place within one of Super’s five stages of adult development are referred
to as
a. lifecycle
b. maxicycle
c. minicycle
d. recycling
273. John is a high school senior who is not sure what he wants to do. He is considering business careers
and is learning some of the skills that are required for a variety of business careers. According to Super, he
is currently in this substage:
a. crystallizing
b. implementing
c. specifying
d. stabilizing
274. Joan is a college senior who plans to work as an administrator in a community agency. However, she
is not sure which type of community agency she would like to work in. According to Super, she is currently
in this substage:
a. crystallizing
b. implementing
c. specifying
d. stabilizing
275. Karen is a college senior who plans to be an electrical engineer. She is now interviewing with potential
employers to decide where she might like to work. According to Super, she is currently in this substage:
a. crystallizing
b. holding
c. specifying
d. updating
276. Lorna is a college senior who regrets the fact that she has majored in philosophy. She is not sure, but
believes she would like to study geography or possibly demography. According to Super, she is currently
in this substage:
a. crystallizing
b. implementing
c. specifying
d. stabilizing
277. Len is a college sophomore, majoring in agricultural management. He is finding that he would prefer
livestock management to other types of farming. According to Super, he is currently in this substage:
a. consolidating
b. curiosity
c. implementing
d. stabilizing
278. Brenda wants to be a soil analyst. She is single and has found a job 2,000 miles away from her home.
She decides to take it because she feels she has no one else to care of besides herself. According to Arnett,
she is in this stage:
a. age of instability.
b. age of identity.
c. age of feeling in-between.
d. self-focused stage.
279. Janice has just started a job as an emergency room physician. Although she has worked in hospitals
before in an emergency room, she is nervous about her responsibilities in her first full time job. According
to Super, she is currently in this substage:
a. advancing
b. crystallizing
c. specifying
d. stabilizing
280. James has just been laid off from his first job as a loan officer in a bank. He is taking this event calmly
as he feel that as he gets older things will get better. According to Arnett, he is in this stage:
a. age of instability.
b. age of identity.
c. age of feeling in-between.
d. age of possibilities.
281. Carson has been working as a retail store manager for five years. Now, at the age of 28, he is
considering quitting his job and going to law school. According to Arnett, he is in this stage:
a. age of instability.
b. age of identity.
c. age of feeling in-between.
d. age of possibilities.
282. Linda has been a dental assistant for six months. Now she plans to take a job as a pharmaceutical
sales person. This is her fourth job in three years. According to Arnett, she is in this stage:
a. age of instability.
b. age of identity.
c. age of feeling in-between.
d. age of possibilities.
283. Janet has been an assistant manager in men’s sportswear in a large department store. A position as
manager has opened up in another department. Janet is interested in the position and is showing her
supervisor that she can do the work. According to Super, she is currently in this substage:
a. advancing
b. holding
c. specifying
d. stabilizing
284. After two years as an insurance adjustor, Clarence has just been promoted to an assistant supervisory
position. Although he could care less about the promotion, Clarence is able to master his new
responsibilities quite well. According to Super, he is currently in this substage:
a. advancing
b. consolidating
c. specifying
d. stabilizing
285. Although Alice does not particularly like her job as a cashier, she has been concerned about the fact
that business has been slow and that there have been rumors of layoffs. As a result she has been working
much harder. According to Super, she is currently in this substage:
a. decelerating
b. holding
c. innovating
d. specifying
286. Lulu finds her job as a chemical engineer much more difficult than she thought. As a result, even
after five years at work, she continues to work hard to keep up with the job demands. According to Super,
she is currently in this substage:
a. decelerating
b. holding
c. innovating
d. specifying
287. Claire looks forward to attending an annual conference on psychiatric nursing in Atlanta. According
to Super, she is currently in this substage:
a. decelerating
b. holding
c. specifying
d. updating
288. Hal attends a one week workshop each year to learn about computers that are used in automobiles.
According to Super, he is currently in this substage:
a. decelerating
b. holding
c. innovating
d. updating
289. Ivan has been a life insurance agent for 30 years. Recently, he has developed a new system of
networking with his customers that has led to the development of new accounts. According to Super, he is
currently in this substage:
a. decelerating
b. holding
c. innovating
d. updating
290. Although Lars has been teaching history in high school for over 35 years, he still finds ways to use
television and computers in new ways to teach history to his students. According to Super, he is currently
in this substage:
a. decelerating
b. holding
c. innovating
d. stabilizing
291. Avery is a custodian in a large office building. He finds that after 25 years on the job, he loses track
of what he is doing and finds that he is avoiding the more physically demanding aspects of the job.
According to Super, he is currently in this substage:
a. decelerating
b. holding
c. innovating
d. updating
292. Gladys has been a real estate agent for 20 years. She finds that she is less willing to work evenings
and weekends then she once was. As a result, her commissions have diminished slightly in the past year.
According to Super, she is currently in this substage:
a. decelerating
b. holding
c. innovating
d. updating
293. Mindy has been an elementary school teacher for 16 years. She has now decided to go to law school.
Mindy is now
a. decelerating.
b. holding.
c. innovating.
d. recycling.
294. Hakim no longer wishes to be an accountant. Instead, he wants to devote full time to his art work.
He has now decided to go to law school. Hakim is now
a. decelerating.
b. holding.
c. innovating.
d. recycling.
295. Which of these is NOT a feature of Super’s Career Development Assessment and Counseling (C–
DAC) system?
a. designed for culturally diverse populations
b. has developmental features
c. has a focus on interests
d. is designed for retirees
296. Which of these models is the most comprehensive approach to career counseling?
a. Holland’s typology approach
b. Myers-Briggs Type theory
c. social cognitive career theory
d. Super’s Career-Development Assessment and Counseling (C-DAC)
297. Monica, an African American female, tends to look down on herself and other African Americans
while admiring white Americans. According to Atkinson, Morten, and Sue, Monica is in this stage of
minority development:
a. conformity
b. resistance and immersion
c. introspection
d. synergetic articulation and awareness
298. Chauncy, an Asian American, thinks highly of himself and other Chinese Americans, but is angry at
and disrespectful of white Americans. According to Atkinson, Morten, and Sue, Leon is in this stage of
minority development:
a. conformity
b. resistance and immersion
c. introspection
d. synergetic articulation and awareness
299. Sam, a Native American, has developed a positive view of himself and other Native Americans as
well as those in the majority culture. According to Atkinson, Morten, and Sue, Sam is in this stage of
minority development:
a. conformity
b. resistance and immersion
c. introspection
d. synergetic articulation and awareness
300. Being aware of the implications of one’s own life stage as it relates to that of the client is an insight
that is derived from the theoretical work of
a. Holland.
b. Jung.
c. Parsons.
d. Super.
301. When counselors help women get child care so that they can work, they are using an approach most
similar to this perspective.
a. decelerating
b. ecological
c. Holland’s
d. updating
302. Attention to cultural, political, and educational factors is most consistent with this perspective
a. Super’s
b. ecological
c. Myers-Briggs
d. work adjustment theory