Enthusiasm for change is characteristic of this approach to career counseling:
a. cognitive information processing theory.
b. a spiritual approach to career development.
c. Phillips’s developmental relational model.
d. work adjustment theory.
Which of the following is NOT one of the six values important to work adjustment
theory?
a. altruism
b. responsibility
c. status
d. safety
Caregiving in the workplace is an emphasis of this theory:
a. attachment theory
b. Blustein’s relational theory of working
c. family therapy
d. Phillips’s theory
Which of these is NOT a goal of Savickas’s career construction theory?
a. understand constructs for relating to their world
b. increase one’s sense of self-efficacy
c. see values that make up their constructs
d. use typologies to determine their value and ability constructs
The concept of unconditional support in career decision making is associated with this
theory.
a. attachment theory.
b. family therapy.
c. Phillips’s developmental relational model.
d. Roe’s personality development theory.
The environment that is most congruent with an RIS personality is
a. ACE.
b. ECA.
c. RIS.
d. SIR.
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.
Helga has a good idea of why people change jobs and how they get important
information about jobs. Helga’s thinking 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.
John Holland’s theory of career development can best be described as
a. matching categories of people’s personalities to categories of occupations.
b. matching people to occupations by assessing their values and abilities.
c. predicting later career choice from parental child raising behavior.
d. predicting later career choice from parental occupational selection.
According to Bloch and Richmond, changing one’s view of time by experiencing the
moment can help bring about in one’s life.
a. a calling
b. balance
c. energy
d. unity
Which theory is most concerned with how family issues and careers impact each other?
a. cognitive information theory
b. Hansen’s holistic approach to life planning
c. social cognitive career theory
d. work adjustment theory
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
Lifestyle in Savickas’s career construction theory is a theme that individuals developed
when
a. four to six years old.
b. in high school.
c. after working full time for at least three years.
d. they entered the counselor’s office.
In work adjustment theory, the value of status includes
a. looking for opportunities to advance.
b. doing a variety of different things.
c. being able to make significant accomplishments at work.
d. being able to work with reliable and predictable policies and supervisors.
Individuals who like to manage financial details are most likely to prefer this
environment
a. Artistic.
b. Conventional.
c. Enterprising.
d. Investigative.
Bernadette is upset about being passed over for a job promotion. She is planning an
effective strategy so that she will be more likely to be promoted in the future. She is
using this phase of cognitive information processing theory.
a. communication
b. analysis
c. synthesis
d. valuing
e. execution
Miller-Tiedeman’s career decision-making theory would classify the statement, “Oscar
enjoys English and would make a good English teacher.” as
a. common reality.
b. existential reality.
c. personal reality.
d. sequential reality.
In Holland’s theory, the concept of identity is used to measure
a. how different one type is from another.
b. the clarity and stability of a person’s goals.
c. the similarity of two Holland types.
d. the importance of matching personality and environment.
In the U.S., women are more likely to accept work that men might not because women
a. are more compliant.
b. tend to move in and out of the labor force more frequently.
c. are paid less.
d. are frequently members of unions.
When newspapers list a series of want adds for accountants, the heading “accountant”
refers to
a. career.
b. employee satisfaction.
c. occupation.
d. salary.
According to Myers-Briggs type theory a preference for dealing with people and things
rather than ideas would be considered a preference for
a. extraversion.
b. introversion.
c. judgment.
d. perception.
Blair has friends in the theater industry and has given Stevie information that would
help Stevie develop her career options. According to Phillips’s developmental career
relational model, this is an example of
a. alternatives provided.
b. criticism.
c. seeking information about self.
d. unconditional support.
In narrative counseling, when the client tells how she encounters and deals with
obstacles, this is a signal that the client is describing the __________ of the story.
a. beginning
b. middle
c. end
d. convergences
According to Howard and Walsh, which of the following is the first level of vocational
reasoning?
a. interest
b. pure association
c. magical thinking
d. external activities
A test that is both dependable and consistent is
a. appropriately normed.
b. reliable.
c. valid.
d. valuable.
If Manuel does not like his job, a counselor who applies work adjustment theory is most
likely to explore how Manuel’s
a. interests fit with the requirements of the job.
b. needs are being met by the job.
c. depression influences his work.
d. relationships with supervisors have affected his performance.
Andrew realizes that he will never work for his employer again. The doors of the plant
closed three weeks ago and he has started to develop a resume and has talked to two
employers. According to Hopson and Adams, he is likely to be in this transition stage.
a. immobilization
b. internalization
c. letting go
d. self-doubt
In narrative career counseling, Awavering@ is seen as
a. an opportunity to find meaning in one’s career path.
b. a hindrance to making good career decisions.
c. a means of combining observational and instrumental learning.
d. an opportunity to develop one’s sense of career self-efficacy.
Gottfredson presents a theory of self creation that relies on an in depth view of.
a. attitudes
b. biological factors
c. self concept
d. values
Jama says “I like to help others learn languages and about other cultures.” This is an
example of Super’s concept of
a. chalktalk.
b. occtalk.
c. psychtalk.
d. smalltalk.