Chapter 8

Question 1

From Super’s point of view, career maturity is important before helpful career decision making can take place

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Vondracek believes that the achievement status is the goal of vocational identity

Answer 2

True

Question 3

According to Super, having information about the world-of-work is important before a student has attained career maturity

Answer 3

True

Question 4

According to Marcia, going to a lecture series on occupational information would be an example of a moratorium

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Super’s model of career maturity and Vondracek’s model of identity and context are two different ways of viewing career development in adolescence

Answer 5

True

Question 6

According to Super, your interest in a school subject probably developed before your ability to judge your

Answer 6

Capacities or abilities

Question 7

According to Super, which ordering of childhood career development periods would be correct?

Answer 7

Fantasies, interests, capacities

Question 8

According to Super and his collegues, assessing one’s own abilities is necessary before one can

Answer 8

Become vocationally mature

Question 9

According to Super’s view of career maturity, a positive attitude towards___ is important

Answer 9

Career exploration

Question 10

According to Super’s view of career maturity, Placido should have a good knowledge of ____ before he can be considered vocationally mature

Answer 10

Career decision making

Question 11

According to Super’s views of career maturity, this concept is important when adolescents are about ready to make career choices

Answer 11

Realism

Question 12

Maybelle, age 14, is aware of her abilities, interests, and values. She is ready to make a career choice, but is still unsure. According to Howard and Walsh, she is at this level of vocational reasoning.

Answer 12

Interaction

Question 13

Anita’s knowledge of her own interests and values prepares her to make complex career decisions. According to Howard and Walsh, she is at this level of vocational reasoning.

Answer 13

Systemic information

Question 14

Where Super focuses on the adolescent’s career development, Vondracek focuses on this, but also the environment in which this occurs. This focus is called

Answer 14

Developmental-contextual theory

Question 15

Maggie says to herself, “I could be a chemist.” Super and his colleagues would call this

Answer 15

Occtalk

Question 16

Rick has decided to take a year off from college to learn more about himself and what he wants to do in the future. According to Marcia, this plan could be called

Answer 16

A moratorium

Question 17

Reba has a clear idea of what she wants to do and her career plans. According to Marcia, this identity status could best be called

Answer 17

Achievement

Question 18

World of work information is associated with this thoerist

Answer 18

Super

Question 19

“Homer is developing a sense of vocational identity.” This statement would most likely be made by a counselor using this theory

Answer 19

Vondracek or Marcia

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT an example of research on vocational maturity

Answer 20

D Examining differences in types of moratoriums depending on gender