Chapter 10

Question 1

Ervin has been waiting for two years for a pay raise and has never received one. This transition can be called a nonevent. T or F?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

One role of outplacement counselors is to help their clients deal with the emotional stress/trauma of losing a job. T or F?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

According to Hopson and Adams, the first reaction that individuals are likely to have to a major career disruption is shock. T or F?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Being adaptable in managing one’s own career is a characteristic of “protean” character. T or F?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

According to Gutek and Koss, when women are sexually harassed, they are able to assert themselves and get support in the work place so that such events do not reoccur to them

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Which of the following is not a common career transition?

Answer 6

risk taking

Question 7

Deciding to go back to school after working for a year would be an example of this type of transition.

Answer 7

voluntary

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 Ss that Schlossberg suggests for individuals when the consider retirement

Answer 8

stablilization

Question 9

According to Mirvis and Hall, which of the following is an example of what one might experience in a boundary less career, but not in a more traditional career

Answer 9

temporary assignments

Question 10

Difficult transitions can be most problematic for individuals if they occur in this stage of Super’s model of adult career development

Answer 10

maintenance

Question 11

Heppner’s measure of career transitions was NOT designated to measure

Answer 11

interests

Question 12

Job loss can contribute to

Answer 12

all of these - decreased coping skills, increased use of alcohol, poor health

Question 13

Outplacement counselors may do any of the following except:

Answer 13

help clients sue their former employer

Question 14

Kanisha has had to be flexible as new advances in computer science have affected her instructional technology job. She has had to be flexible in dealing with the varied demands of different customers. What describes Kanisha’s current career?

Answer 14

Protean

Question 15

Jenna has just learned that after working at the ZZ Toy company for 23 years, the plant will close in two weeks. According to Hopson and Adam’s model of coping with adult transitions, she is most likely in this stage

Answer 15

immobilization

Question 16

Ceasar: dismissed from job, will not be rehired, lined up some interviews with potential employers. Aware of own feelings about termination, and how it has affected children.

Answer 16

search for meaning

Question 17

Which of the following is a career situation that women, more than men, may experience

Answer 17

dealing with sexual harassment

Question 18

According to Shullman and Fitzgerald, which sexual harassment is considered the least severe

Answer 18

sexist verbal remarks

Question 19

According to Gutek and Koss, women are most likely to experience___immediately after being sexually harassed

Answer 19

Confusion or self-blame

Question 20

Discrimination that includes failure to promote, hire, or give pay raises is most likely to be experienced by

Answer 20

culturally diverse populations