Comp exam preparation test Career counseling Flashcards

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The compensatory theory of leisure suggests that a certified public accountant happy at his/her work also would enjoy ___________, whereas the spillover theory of leisure suggests that the accountant also would enjoy _______________.

  • racquet ball; chess
  • backgammon; computerized games
  • golf; tennis
  • reading mysteries; bowling
A

racquet ball; chess

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Carole is a single mother who needs her work to be both consistent (in terms of hours and pay) and flexible. In addition, she wants to be in a job that is preparing her for a higher level in her field. She goes to a career counselor who takes these factors into consideration and compares them to potential occupational reinforcers as they begin exploring and evaluating her possibilities. From which theory is the counselor operating?

  • Holland’s typology theory
  • Krumboltz’s learning theory
  • Person-environment-correspondence theory
  • Super’s developmental theory
A

Person-environment-correspondence theory

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A counselor who works with adolescents is familiar with the knowledge that they tend to select professional positions and occupations when asked about ‘what they are planning to do for a living when they grow up.’ In terms of Gelatt’s decision-making paradigm, adolescents tend to have errors in their ____________ systems.

  • value
  • prediction
  • generalization
  • decision
A

prediction

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The theory designed to guide clients in selecting growth promoting experiences that build ego development is ______________.

  • circumscription and compromise
  • learning theory
  • life-span life-space theory
  • Tiedeman’s theory of career development
A

Tiedeman’s theory of career development

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A counselor who works with Super’s theory of career development would not be surprised to learn that a person whom the counselor believed to be in the “Establishment” stage had

  • quit work altogether
  • changed careers
  • sought pre-retirement counseling
  • been promoted to a management position
A

been promoted to a management position

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According to Super, an individual would be considered vocationally mature

  • Upon achievement of relevant developmental tasks
  • Upon completion of training for a chosen profession
  • Upon identification of a career goal
  • Upon transition from the exploration to the establishment stage of development
A

Upon achievement of relevant developmental tasks

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A counselor who structures a career counseling group to help group members understand a ‘fields and levels’ approach to careers is following the theory of

  • Super
  • Roe
  • Holland
  • Tiedeman
A

Roe

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Which theorist would argue that people compromise occupational choices because of accessibility of an occupational accessibility or even give up vocational choices for prestige and sex-typing

  • Gottfredson
  • Super
  • Ginzburg
  • Krumboltz
A

Gottfredson

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Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 major elements in Super’s approach to career development?

  • Vocational maturity
  • Career patterns
  • Values clarification
  • Vocational life stages
A

Values clarification

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Sally believes that certain careers are for certain people and that college is for certain people only. According to Krumboltz, which of the following best describes this view?

  • belief that positively impacts behavior
  • belief that could impede goal-directed behavior
  • belief that is necessary for people to possess
  • belief that could enhance goal-directed behavior
A

belief that could impede goal-directed behavior

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Alex writes a summary about who he is as part of a career exploration exercise. “I’m a go-getter, a hard worker, and I’m a good communicator according to feedback I’ve had.” According to Krumboltz, these comments are examples of

  • behaviors
  • self-observation generalizations
  • metacognitions
  • world-observation generalizations
A

self-observation generalizations

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The Dictionary of Occupational Titles, within the context of adult career counseling

  • is not usually useful in individual counseling
  • is more useful than the Occupational Handbook
  • could be useful in helping a client expand occupational options
  • would be useful at the concluding stage of a counseling process.
A

could be useful in helping a client expand occupational options

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The assumption have unique patterns of ability which can be measured and matched with the requirements of jobs is a key concept of

  • developmental theory
  • psychoanalytic theory
  • self-concept theory
  • trait and factor theory
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trait and factor theory

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According to Holland, if a career counseling client had a personal style self and other evaluated to be extroverted and aggressive or assertive, persuasive and adventurous, the client would probably have a consistent career pattern in the _______________ environment.

  • realistic
  • conventional
  • investigative
  • enterprising
A

enterprising

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According to CIP theory, the major strategy of career intervention is to

  • provide learning events to develop the person’s processing abilities
  • help the individual think differently about career choices
  • help the individual approach career choices more cognitively
  • de-emphasize traditional approaches to decision-making skills
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provide learning events to develop the person’s processing abilities

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A COUNSELOR WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN CAREER COUNSELING WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT

  • traditional ‘talk’ counseling is often unnecessary with computer use
  • computer use anxiety is often low among those in vocational transition
  • ‘technology’ limits the personalization of career search strategies
  • client motivation is supported and increased by immediate feedback
A

client motivation is supported and increased by immediate feedback

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The choice model of SCCT is divided into 3 components:

  • develop individual learning plan; execute plan; evaluate plan
  • define personal values; develop learning plan; execute plan
  • establish a goal; take action; on the basis of success or failure determine future career behavior.
  • define personal values; establish a plan; take action
A

establish a goal; take action; on the basis of success or failure determine future career behavior.

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A female high school biology teacher who has been teaching for 10 years decides she wants to work more with individual students. She also learns that a school counselor position will be available in the near future. She enters a graduate program in school counseling. This scenario most closely resembles the career development concept of

  • crystallization
  • optimization
  • clarification
  • maturation
A

optimization

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According to Schwarf (1996), constructivism suggests that

  • environment constructs individual reality
  • environment and the actions of significant others dictate career choice
  • career choice is logically & sequentially constructed by each individual
  • individuals construct their own way of organizing information and that reality is a matter of perception
A

individuals construct their own way of organizing information and that reality is a matter of perception

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With regard to career planning and counseling for young adults, career counselors have given LEAST attention to helping students be able to evaluate

  • personal values
  • educational goals
  • organizations
  • academic progress
A

organizations