Lifestyle and Career Development

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Counselors who support John Holland's approach believe that

an appropriate job allows one to express his or her personality.

The leading method adults use to find career information in the United States is

by securing information via the newspaper.

Initially, Ginzberg and his associates viewed career choice as irreversible and the result of compromises between wishes and realistic possibilities. This theory identified three stage of career development

fantasy (birth to age 11), tentative (ages 11 to 17), and realistic (age 17 to early 20s)

Super's theory emphasizes ____________ life stages.

five (growth - birth to 14, exploration - 15-24, establishment - 24-44, maintenance 44-64, and decline 65+)

A client who says, "I feel I cannot really become an administrator in our agency because I am a woman," is showing an example of

gender bias.

In terms of genetics, Roe's theory would assert that

genetics help to determine intelligence and education, and hence this influences one's career choice.

Midlife career change

is not that unusual.

A counselor who favors a behavioristic mode of career counseling would most likely

suggest a site visit to a work setting.

Some support for Roe's theory comes from

the Rorschach and the TAT

In terms of the labor market

the number of employees employers want to hire goes down as salary goes up. AND the number of employees willing to work for you goes up as the salary increases.

When professional career counselors use the term leisure they technically mean

the time the client ha away from work which is not being utilized for obligations.

One trend is that women are moving into more careers that in the past were populated by males. Women workers are often impacted by the "glass ceiling phenomenon." Assuming that a counselor's behavior is influenced but the phenomenon, which statement would he most likely make when conducting a career counseling session with a female client who wants to advance to a higher position.

"Let's be rational: A woman can only advance so far. You really have very little if any chance of becoming a corporate executive. I'm here to help you cope with this reality."

The Guide for Occupational Exploration (GOE) was published by the U.S. Department of Labor. The guide lists groups of jobs listed in

14 interest areas.

Holland's artistic type seems to value feelings over pure intellect or cognitive ability. Which of the following clients would NOT be best described via the artistic typology?

A 33-year-old female drill press operator.

The National Vocational Guidance Association was founded in 1913. It was fused with other organizations in 1952 to become

APGA(American Personnel and Guidance Association until 1983->AACD-> 1992 ACA)

Self-efficacy theory is based on the work of

Albert Bandura

John Krumboltz postulated a social learning approach to career choice. This model is based mainly on the work of

Albert Bandura.

Roe recognized the role of the unconscious mind in terms of career choice. Another theorist who emphasized the unconscious processes in this area of study was

Bordin.

SIGI Plus, Choices, and Discover are

Computer Assisted Career Guidance Systems (CACG).

The decision making theory, which refers to periods of anticipation and implementation/adjustment, was proposed by

David Tiedeman and Robert O'Hara

A dual-career family (or dual-worker couple) is one in which both partners have jobs to which they are committed on a somewhat continuous basis. Which statement is true of dual-career families?

Dual-career families have higher incomes than the so-called traditional family in which only one partner is working.

The U.S. Employment Service created the

GATB (general aptitude test battery - measures 12 job related aptitudes)

Developmental career theorists view career choice as an ongoing or so-called longitudinal process rather than a single decision made at one point in time. The pioneer theorists is this area who were the fist to forsake the matching models--were

Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axelrad, and Herma

Holland relied on a personality theory of career choice. Hoppock's theory, based on the work of ____________ is also considered a personality approach.

Henry Murray (created the "needs-press" and the TAT)

As you walk into a professional seminar on career counseling you note that the instructor is drawing a hexagon on the blackboard. The instructor is most likely discussing

John Holland.

Edmund Griffith Williamson's work (or the so-called Minnesota Viewpoint) purports to be scientific and didactic, utilizing test data from instruments such as the

Minnesota Occupational Rating Scales.

A counselor wants to suggest an easy-to-read source for a client in search of career information. The counselor should recommend

OOH.

A counselor who is interested in trends in the job market should consult the

OOH.

When career counselors speak of the OOH they are referring to the

Occupational Outlook Handbook.

The trait-and-factor career counseling, actuarial, or matching approach (which matches clients with a job) is associated with

Parsons and Williamson.

Which counselor would most likely say that we choose a job to meet our needs?

Robert Hoppock.

You are working as a counselor for a major university. A student wants detailed statistics about the average wages in her state. The best resource would be

The Bureau of Labor statistics website.

Which statement is not true of the trait-and-factor approach to career counseling?

The approach is developmental and thus focuses on career maturity.

In 1909 a landmark book entitled Choosing a Vocation was released. The book was written by Frank Parsons. Parsons has been called

The father of vocational guidance.

The term reentry woman would best describe

a 29-year-old female who was babysitting in her home but is currently working at a fast-food restaurant.

The model Krumboltz suggested is

a behavioristic model of career development.

SIGI Plus is

a computer career program known as the System of Interactive Guidance and Information that allows students to conduct a self-assessment and explore career options.

Most research in the area of career development and its relationship to students indicates that

a very high proportion of students in high school and at the junior high or middle-school level wanted guidance in planning a career. Career interests are more stable after college.

In the Gelatt Model the predictive system deals with

alternatives and the probability of outcomes.

The DOT was first published by the Department of Labor in 1939. The first three digits in a DOT code refer to

an occupational group.

At its zenith the DOT listed

approximately 30,000 job titles.

Edwin Bordin felt that difficulties related to job choice

are indicative of neurotic symptoms.

A client says she has always stayed home and raised her children. Now the children are grown and she is seeking employment. She is best described

as a displaced homemaker.

One major category of career theory is known as the trait-factor (also called the trait-and-factor) approach. It has also been dubbed the actuarial or matching approach. This approach

attempts to match the worker and the work environment (job factors). The approach thus makes the assumption that there is one best or single career for the person.

Anne Roe suggested a personality approach to career choice

based on the premise that a job satisfies an unconscious need.

The self-directed search (SDS) is

based on the work of Holland and yields scores on his six types, self-administered, self-scored and self-interpreted.

A displaced homemaker might have grown children or

be widowed and seeking employment, or be divorced and seeking employment.

Linda Gottfredson's developed theory of career focuses on

circumscription and compromise theory.

Holland did indeed believe in career stereotypes. In other words the person psychologically defines himself or herself via a given job. Thus, a bookkeeper or a clerical worker would primarily fit into the __________ category.

conventional

A counselor advises a female to steer clear of police work as he feels this is a male occupation. This suggests

counselor bias based on gender bias.

In terms of leisure time and dual career families

dual-career families have less leisure time.

Holland's theory would predict that the vice president of the United States would be

enterprising.

Roe was the first career specialist to utilize a two-dimensional system of occupational classification utilizing

fields and levels.

Most research would suggest that a woman who has the same intelligence, skills, and potential as a man will often

have lower career aspirations than a man.

The trait-and-factor approach fails to take ___________ into account.

individual change throughout the life span.

Holland's psychological needs career personality theory would say that a research chemist is primarily the ___________ type.

investigative.

Most experts would agree that a resume

is like an art project and must look good.

In the dual-career family, partners seem to be more self-sufficient than in the traditional family. In a dual-career household, the woman

is typically secure in her career before she has children.

The concept of job clubs as promoted by Azrin et al.

is very behavioristic.

A 37-year-old Caucasian male states during a counseling session that he is working as a clerk at Main Street Plumbing. This verbalization depicts the client's

job or position.

Roe's theory relies on Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs in the sense that in terms of career choice

lower order needs take precedence over higher order needs.

The notion of the hidden job market would suggest that

most jobs are not advertised.

In regard to an individual's behavioral style or so-called modal orientation, Holland believed that

most people are not pure personality types and thus can best be described by a distribution of types such as Realistic, Social, Investigative (RSI).

According to the concept of occupational sex segregation

most women hold low paying jobs with low status.

In the Dictionary of Occupational Titles each job was given a __________ digit code.

nine

A counselor doing multicultural career counseling should be aware

of his or her own ethnocentric biases.

Statistics reveal that

on average, a worker with a bachelor's degree earns over $10,000 a year more than a worker with a high school diploma.

All of the following are examples of Anne Roe's "levels" except

outdoor (field, not a level).

Most experts in the field of career counseling would classify Roe, Brill, and Holland as __________ theorists.

personality (could be called structural theory in place of personality theory)

A fairly recent model to explain career development is the decision approach. The Gelatt Decision Model created by Harry B. Gelatt refers to information as "the fuel of the decision." The Gelatt Model asserts that information can be organized into three systems

predictive, value, and decision.

A client who wishes to work on an assembly line would fit into Holland's ___________ typology.

realistic

The Strong Interest Inventory (SCII) is based on John Holland's theory. The test assumes that a person who is interested in a given subject will experience

satisfaction in a job in which those working in the occupation have similar interests.

The OOH contains approximately 800 job descriptions. Job trends suggest that

service jobs will account for virtually all the job growth.

A career counselor who is helping a client design a resume

should emphasize the importance of a cover letter.

Holland categorized ____________ personality orientations which correspond to analogous work environments.

six

Hollan mentioned six modal orientations: artistic, conventional, enterprising, investigative, realistic, and social. A middle school counselor is most likely

social.

A client who likes her flower arranging job begins doing flower arranging in her spare time on weekends and after work. This phenomenon is best described as

spillover.

All of the following are difficulties with career testing:

stereotyping, the counselor may rely too heavily on tests results, many tests are biased in favor of White middle-class clients.

A client who becomes a professional football player because he unconsciously likes to hurt people would be utilizing __________ according to Brill's theory of career choice.

sublimation. (football player who likes to hurt people)

Another career theorist who drew upon psychoanalytic doctrines was A.A. Brill. Brill emphasized __________ as an ego-defense mechanism.

sublimation. (when an individual expresses an unacceptable need in a socially acceptable manner) (brill)

The trait-and-factor or actuarial approach asserts that

testing is an important part of the counseling process, and a counselor can match the correct person with the appropriate job.

The Strong is considered an Interest inventory. So is

the Kuder, created by George Frederic Kuder.

Lifestyle and career development have been emphasized since

the beginning of the counseling and guidance movement and are still major areas of concern.

According to Anne Roe, who categorized occupations by fields and levels,

the choice of a career helps to satisfy an individual's needs.

At a case staffing, one career counselor says to another, "The client's disability suggests she can only physically handle sedentary work." This technically implies

the client will not need to lift over 10 pounds.

A male client who hates his job is trying desperately to be the perfect father, husband, and family man. This phenomenon is best described as

the compensatory effect.

An SDS score will reveal

the individual's 3 highest scores based on Holland's personality types.

Super's theory includes

the life-career rainbow

Ginzberg and his colleagues now believe in a development model of career choice which asserts that

the process of choosing a career does not end at age 20 or adulthood, career choice decisions are really made throughout the lifespan, and career choice is reversible.

The most popular developmental career theorist is Donald Super. Super emphasizes

the self-concept.

Today, the most popular approach to career choice reflects

the work of John Holland.

Occupational aptitude tests such as the differential aptitude test (DAT), the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Test Battery (ASVAB), and the O*NET Ability Profiler grew out of the

trait-and-factor movement related to career counseling.

A counselor with a master's degree who is working for minimum wage at a fast-food restaurant due to a lack of jobs in the field is a victim of

underemployment.

All of the following are examples of Anne Roe's "fields" except

unskilled (level, not a field).

Studies indicate that students

want more vocational guidance than they receive.

Roe spoke of three basic parenting styles: overprotective, avoidant, or acceptant. The result is that the child

will develop a personality which gravitates (i.e., moves) toward people or away from people.

According to the concept of wage discrimination

women make less than men for doing the same job.

LIfestyle includes

work, leisure, & style of living

Research into the phenomenon of career maturity reflects the work of

John Crites

Holland believed that

a given occupation will tend to attract persons with similar personalities.


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