The Parent Involved Career Exploration Counseling Process (PICE) was developed by
studying
a. children’s views of their relationships with parents.
b. childhood recollections of a sample of adult workers.
c. examining conversations between parents and their own children.
d. parents’ views of how they raise their children.
When clients discuss their need to dominate others in order to maintain a sense of
well-being, they are discussing topics similar to those measured by
a. achievement tests.
b. aptitude tests.
c. personality inventories.
d. interest inventories.
Which of the following responses would be most appropriate to make after Jacob says:
“I just learned an hour ago that I have been transferred to a city that I would hate to live
in. I have been with the firm for seven years.”
a. There are plenty of jobs in our city. Why don’t you try an employment agency.
b. What a terrible shock. It seems like it really took you by surprise.
c. Why don’t you ask you’re boss what you did wrong to make him transfer you?
d. You can find a job like you have now, somewhere else.
In narrative career counseling, the client is seen as a (an)
a. agent.
b. counselor.
c. patient.
d. poet.
Shiela is very active. A tenth grader, she enjoys community service and is frequently
visiting friends. . According to Myers-Briggs type theory, Shiela is primarily using one
of these functions.
a. extraversion
b. introversion
c. judgment
d. perception
Which of the following occupational titles would be inappropriate to use when
describing someone’s occupation?
a. accountant
b. electrician
c. police officer
d. waitress
Improving problem-solving abilities is an important goal of which of these career
decision-making theories?
a. a spiritual approach
b. cognitive information processing
c. Phillips’s developmental relational model.
d. Hansen’s holistic approach to life planning.
Someone who very much enjoys playing the accordion is expressing an interest in this
environment.
a. Artistic
b. Conventional
c. Enterprising
d. Investigative
e. Social
Dora says that her father will tell her what to do and she doesn’t need to make career
choices. Her behavior is best described by Super’s concept of
a. Career exploration.
b. Decision-making.
c. Knowledge of the preferred occupational group.
d. World-of-work information.
According to social cognitive career theory, which of the following could be a proximal
influence to choice behavior?
a. goal
b. outcome
c. self-efficacy
d. support
Which theory makes specific predictions about the effect of parental relationships on
occupational selection?
a. attachment theory
b. Blustein’s relational theory of working
c. Roe’s theory
d. Phillips’s theory
Parenting style is most important to this theory of career development.
a. Blustein’s relational theory of working
b. Myers-Briggs Type theory
c. Roe’s personality development theory
d. work adjustment theory
An example of a counseling approach that is especially associated with social cognitive
career theory is
a. asking questions.
b. exploring feelings of low self-efficacy.
c. interpreting inventories.
d. reinforcing client progress.
Brian likes to be active, to talk with and interact with the other accountants that he
works with. According to Myers-Briggs type theory, Brian is primarily using one of
these functions.
a. extraversion
b. introversion
c. judgment
d. perception
Client: Police work is always exciting.
Counselor: What information do you have that tells you that?
The counselor is using an approach most similar to
a. a spiritual perspective.
b. Holland’s theory.
c. Krumboltz’s social learning theory.
d. work adjustment theory.
Making many decisions on a daily basis that impact other decisions would fit with the
concept of
a. boundaryless careers.
b. kaleidoscope careers.
c. protean careers.
d. standardized careers.
Which of the following is a background contextual factor as described by social
cognitive career theory?
a. currently living in Arizona
b. being laid of one’s job last week
c. mother having cancer when client was 8
d. a co-worker who is a poor role model.
Which of the following theories integrates several theories within it?
a. Gottfredson’s developmental theory
b. Holland’s trait and factor theory
c. Lapan and Turner’s contextually responsive career counseling system
d. Super’s developmental theory
Cognitive schemas are
a. devious ways of learning.
b. cosmic virtues.
c. ways of grouping learned information.
d. identity crises.
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
A child who considers becoming an actor after watching a movie is most likely in
which one of Super’s stages of career development.
a. capacities
b. interests
c. transition
d. values
Relationships with family, friends, peers, teachers, and others is associated with this
theory.
a. family systems therapy
b. Phllips’s developmental relational model
c. Roe’s personality theory
d. Super’s developmental theory
Devon knows how to make career plans and choices for the immediate future. This
behavior is best described by Super’s concept of
a. Career exploration.
b. Decision-making.
c. Knowledge of the preferred occupational group.
d. World-of-work information.
Brent is unsure whether or not to become a used car salesperson or a minister. As he
considers the decision, the opportunity to serve God influences his choice, which is to
join the ministry. According to Myers-Briggs type theory he is using
a. feeling.
b. intuiting.
c. sensing.
d. thinking.
Which of the following of Jean Piaget’s stages most closely corresponds to Erik
Erikson’s identity stage?
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operations
d. formal operations
Which of the following is most associated with human capital theory?
a. actions
b. earnings
c. interests
d. prestige
Which of the following is LEAST important in selecting a career development theory to
apply to counseling?
a. client population that the counselor serves
b. ease of use in applying the theory in the counseling setting
c. the counselor’s theory of counseling
d. the inventories and tests that the counselor studied in preparation for career
counseling
Which of the following terms refers to a sudden disruption in a situation that requires
that a person develop new methods to deal with it?
a. career maturity
b. crisis
c. life stage
d. transition
Lifecareer is an example of a (an) approach to career decision-making.
a. crisis
b. prescriptive
c. spiritual
d. trait and factor
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
Which of the following is an example of a contextual influence proximal to choice
behavior as described by social cognitive career theory?
a. having a supportive boss in your current job
b. having a second grade teacher ridicule you
c. being encouraged as a child by your grandmother
d. growing up in a bilingual community
Hansen’s emphasis on connecting family to work is most similar to
a. cognitive information processing theory.
b. social learning theory.
c. family systems therapy.
d. psychoanalysis.