PART I
TRAIT AND TYPE THEORIES
CHAPTER 2
TRAIT AND FACTOR THEORY
What are the advantages and disadvantages of tests and inventories versus interview data in career
counseling?
What is the impact of achievement, interests, values, and personality on your current career choice?
If you were to design a career library for a high school or a college, which classification system would
you use?
Model trait and factor theory by role-playing the conceptual process of trait and factor theory with one of
Role play Step Two by having the “client” and “counselor” discuss occupational information seeking and
possibly classification of occupations.
Are men or women better at different tasks?
What are the relative advantages of O*NET and the DOT?
What happens when assumptions about different cultures are applied to culturally different clients?