Vanessa works as a cashier at a grocery store She tells her counselor that the friends that
she has met at work mean much more to her than the work itself, as she dislikes her job.
This statement fits most closely with this theory:
a. attachment theory
b. Blustein’s relational theory of working
c. Roe’s theory
d. Phillips’s theory
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.
Which of these concepts is associated with attachment theory of career development?
a. avoidance of the child
b. extraversion
c. secure pattern
d. stabilizing
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
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
When clients demonstrate that they are deeply affected by feelings and are apprehensive
about their decisions, they are revealing information similar to that measured by
a. achievement tests.
b. interest inventories.
c. personality inventories.
d. value inventories or scales.
Ramone has learned about being a history teacher by tutoring small children. According
to Krumboltz, this is an example of a (an)
a. associative learning experience.
b. instrumental learning experience.
c. self efficacy skill.
d. none of the above.
Part time work can be helpful to high school students by giving them a sense of.
a. increased educational attainment.
b. autonomy.
c. balance.
d. congruence.
Which of the following statements is most accurate?
a. Gender-role stereotyping is common among children, but not adolescents.
b. Gender-role stereotyping is common among adolescents, but not children.
c. Gender-role stereotyping is common among adolescents and children.
d. Gender-role stereotyping is uncommon among adolescents and children.
Which of the following is a common career counseling skill?
a. evaluating employee performance
b. evaluating want ads
c. reflecting concerns about finding a job
d. rewriting occupational information
Miller-Tiedeman’s career decision-making theory would classify the statement, “I think
that I could be a really good fighter pilot.” as
a. common reality.
b. existential reality.
c. personal reality.
d. sequential reality.
Which of the following theories emphasizes a subjective rather than external view of
the self?
a. Holland’s theory
b. social learning theory
c. Super’s developmental theory
d. work adjustment theory
From status attainment theory, counselors can learn
a. inventory interpretation techniques.
b. the importance of helping clients counter sociological pressures.
c. the role that interests and abilities play in career development.
d. the role that parental attitudes play in career choice.
Which of the following is not a good example of a school-to-work activity?
a. game-like activities
b. interest centers in the classroom
c. aptitude test
d. writing a skit using occupational terms.
Oppression that some culturally diverse peoples experience, may lead to , according to
Myers-Briggs type theory.
a. development of an inappropriate dominant function
b. development of introversion
c. falsification of type
d. rejection of interpretations of the MBTI
Seeking out niches throughout one’s life is a concept associated with
a. Gottfredson
b. Howard and Walsh
c. Super
d. Vondracek
Which theory connects LEAST well with Hansen’s integrative life planning approach?
a. cognitive information processing theory.
b. a spiritual approach.
c. narrative career counseling.
d. Super’s developmental theory
Besides the Self Directed Search, the research instrument that is most frequently used
when doing research on Holland’s theory is the
a. California Personality Inventory.
b. Myers Briggs Inventory.
c. NEO-Five Factor Model.
d. Values Scale.
Which of the following is not a Myers-Briggs type?
a. conventional
b. extraversion
c. introversion
d. perception
Alphabetical order of the occupational titles in this DOT code (123.456.789) are
indicated by which number(s)?
a. 1
b. 123
c. 7
d. 789
Burton is able to describe some of the duties of a nurse, according to Howard and
Walsh, he is probably at this stage of vocational reasoning.
a. exploration
b. information
c. external activities
d. pure association
Counselor X comments on Roger’s self-observation generalizations about Roger’s
religious values. Counselor X is most likely conceptualizing from the point of view of
a. cognitive information processing theory.
b. Krumboltz’s social learning theory.
c. social cognitive career theory.
d. work adjustment theory.
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
Jamelle has narrowed down his first, second and third career choices. He is most likely
in this phase of cognitive information processing theory?
a. communication
b. analysis
c. synthesis
d. valuing
e. execution
Donna has been a high school science teacher for 20 years. Her interest has been
primarily in the teaching aspects of her work rather than in biology, her primary subject
matter responsibility. She has also coached volley ball, an assignment that she has very
much enjoyed. Her daughter Carol is also interested in biology, as well as chemistry.
However, she also is interested in art. A good student Carol would like to go to college
next year where she can start a pre-med program. Donna is supportive of Carol’s plans.
To start to save money, Carol has started to work part-time as a bank teller, a job that
she finds tedious and boring. Apply Holland’s theory in answering these questions.
Carol’s interests in science and art could best be described using Holland’s theory as
a. consistent.
b. moderately inconsistent.
c. inconsistent.
d. stereotyped.
Terms such as protagonist and action are associated with
a. attachment theory.
b. Holland’s typological theory.
c. narrative career counseling.
d. personal construct career counseling
Which of the following theorists does NOT have a developmental model of career
development?
a. Vondracek
b. Gottfredson
c. Blustein
d. Super
Which of the following career counseling skills are counselors least likely to use if a
client is concerned about being able to be accepted at veterinary school?
a. reflecting worry about being accepted.
b. advising the client her grades are too low.
c. giving information about veterinary school requirements
d. asking about problems with pre-veterinary requirements.
In Savickas’s career construction theory attention is paid in determining lifestyle to?
a. scores on the Myers-Briggs inventory
b. the five major life tasks
c. instrumental and observational learning
d. ability and value patterns
Gunther is trying to decide between becoming a biologist and a medical doctor. He has
made lists and has weighed the advantages and disadvantages of each very carefully.
According to Myers-Briggs type theory he is using
a. feeling.
b. intuiting.
c. sensing.
d. thinking.
Bonita is uncertain of what she will do when she graduates college. She wants to take a
semester off to find out. Bonita is in which one of Marcia’s stages?
a. achievement
b. diffusion
c. foreclosure
d. moratorium
According to social cognitive career theory, which of these is a model that has been
developed? A social cognitive model of
a. energy
b. relationships
c. performance
d. story telling
In the DOT code 123.456.789 which digit refers to dealing with things
a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. 6
The concept of harmony is important in this theoretical approach to career
development.
a. cognitive information processing
b. Krumboltz’s social learning
c. spiritual
d. social cognitive