Career Counseling-CPCE Flashcards
Lifestyle and career development have been emphasized
Since the beginning of the counseling and guidance movement and are still major areas of concern
Women workers are often impacted by the glass ceiling phenomenon, what statement would a counselor most likely make when conducting a career counseling session with a female client who wants to advance to a higher position?
“Lets be rational: A woman can only advance so far. You really have vert little if any chance of becoming a corporate executive. Im here to help you cope with this reality.
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
What statement is true about dual career families?
Dual career families have higher incomes than the so called traditional family in which only one partner is working
In a dual-career household the woman
is typically secure in her career before she has children
Studies indicate that
students want more vocational guidance than they receive
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
When professional career counselors use the term leisure they technically mean
The time the client has away from working which is not being utilized for obligations
In terms of leisure time and dual career families
A dual career family has less leisure time
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
one major category of career theory is know as the trait-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
The trait and factor career counseling, actuarial or matching approach is associated with
Parsons and Williamson
The trait and factor model is sometimes called
Structural theory
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
Frank Parson is called
The Father of vocational guidance
This statement is NOT true about trait and factor approach
The approach is developmental and thus focuses on career maturity
Edmund Griffith Williamson’s work (Minnesota Viewpoint) purports to be scientific and didactic, utilizing test data from instruments such as the
Minnesota Occupational Rating Scales
The trait and factor approach fails to take _____ into account
Individual change throughout the lifespan
Anne Roe suggested a personality approach to career choice
Based on the premise that a job satisfies an unconscious need
