Chapter 9

Question 1

From Super’s point of view, it is not sufficient to examine the role of work for adults but should examine other life roles as well. T or F?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Fantasizing is one of the important adult life roles that super believes is important. T or F?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

According to Super, crystallizing a career choice and specifying career preferences are substages of the exploration stage for adults. T or F?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Ammett describes psychological stages or “ages” of individuals 20-30 years old. T or F?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

According to Super, individuals who move from one substage to the next one can be said to recycle into the next stage. T or F?

Answer 5

False

Question 6

According to Super, your interest in a school subject could be described by Super as

Answer 6

Commitment to the life role of studying

Question 7

According to Super, which is not an indicator of the importance of life roles?

Answer 7

creativity

Question 8

Still living with his mother, Kim, now 34, participates in collecting bugs, a childhood hobby. According to Super, she participates in this life role

Answer 8

leisure activities

Question 9

According to Super, which of the following would not be a value expectation

Answer 9

career identity

Question 10

Bart has just started his job as an insurance sales person. According to Super, Bart is likely to be in this substage

Answer 10

stabilizing

Question 11

Mavis has been working as a physician in a small group practice for 32 years. At the age of 66, she wants to cut back her hours to 20 hours a week. According to Super’s view of adult career development, what substage would Mavis be in?

Answer 11

decelarating

Question 12

Gunther is in his junior year in college. He is starting his second year of work for his college newspaper. During his sophomore year it became clearer to him that print journalism was a field he wanted to go into after graduation. According to Super, Gunther is in this substage:

Answer 12

crystallizing

Question 13

One of these events is not addressed directly in Super’s theory of adult career development.

Answer 13

racial discrimination

Question 14

Yorena has been a registered nurse for 10 years. Yorena has decided to sell used cars at an automobile dealership in town. According to Super, she is in the process of

Answer 14

recycling

Question 15

When one is in the process of recycling, Super’s theory states that one is likely to return to this substage:

Answer 15

crystallizing

Question 16

Which one of the following is not one of Super’s career patterns for women?

Answer 16

balancing feminism and professional roles

Question 17

According to Bandwick, women over the age of 50 are likely to experience

Answer 17

career accomplishments

Question 18

Atkinson, Mortem, and Sue’s minority development model examines

Answer 18

attitudes towards self

Question 19

Questioning one’s own minority culture can make it difficult to

Answer 19

Assess one’s own abilities, interests, and values.

Question 20

According to Super, which of the following is not an example of an adult career development substage?

Answer 20

internal-external control