Final

Question 1

a key component of career interventions; can be a type of shortcut in career decision making, helping consumers to make choices by affirming their dislikes and identifying activities that are integral to their lifestyles

Answer 1

interest assessment

Question 2

the verbal statement of liking or disliking of any stimulus such as an object, activity, task, or occupation

Answer 2

expressed interest

Question 3

evidence of participation in an activity, occupation, or task that can be observed by others

Answer 3

manifest interest

Question 4

interests measured by such objective approaches as free-association measures

Answer 4

tested interest

Question 5

developed in the late 1920s as a facilitative response to an established premise which linked occupational interest with job satisfaction

Answer 5

interest inventories

Question 6

What is one of the interest inventories appropriate for people with low reading skills?

Answer 6

picture interest career survey

Question 7

What are 2 of the interest inventories appropriate for people with higher reading levels?

Answer 7

1. Strong Interest Inventory

2. Self Directed Search

Question 8

purpose is to identify personal strengths or deficits that influence job demands, including where and how the client functions effectively and what training my be needed to enhance the behaviors required for suitable job adjustment; attempts to reduce uncertainty in making career decisions; should focus on behaviors necessary for employment or productive output

Answer 8

personality assessment

Question 9

a constellation of interests, needs, values, and behaviors that allows an individual to meet appropriate work rules in a particular setting

Answer 9

personality

Question 10

a complex set of interactions between the consumer and his or her work environment

Answer 10

work behavior

Question 11

usually observable, stable, and enduring, and significantly contributes to the consumer’s behavior

Answer 11

trait

Question 12

a less stable characteristic and more of a temporary predisposition

Answer 12

state

Question 13

What are the 5 stages of disability onset?

Answer 13

1. outcry
2. denial
3. intrusiveness
4. working through
5. completion

Question 14

psychometric instruments designed to assess individuals’ skills and abilities

Answer 14

aptitude tests

Question 15

designed to provide an evaluation of the specific information that individuals have learned from their education and life experiences

Answer 15

achievement tests

Question 16

a person actually performs the actual portions or simulations of jobs, using the same materials, tools, and equipment that one utilized in the real work setting

Answer 16

work sample

Question 17

model introduced in the early 1980s and proposed that the consumer be placed on the job and then receive specific training and assessment by a professional on site

Answer 17

supported employment

Question 18

What are the 4 supported employment models?

Answer 18

1. Individual placement approach
2. Enclave approach
3. Mobile Crew approach
4. Bench Work approach

Question 19

an integral part of supported employment, essentially the observation of people in work settings; involves a practice of observing, evaluating, and reporting over a period of time; systematic observation that takes place in a realistic and controlled working environment

Answer 19

situational assessment

Question 20

characterized by intensive initial training of people with severe vocational disabilities in natural work environments

Answer 20

supported employment

Question 21

What 6 things do we need to observe as it relates to consumers during a situational assessment?

Answer 21

1. appearance
2. attendance and punctuality
3. supervisory relationships
4. perserverence
5. co-worker relationships
6. generalizations of work habits

Question 22

an individual’s global capacity to act purposefully, think rationally, and deal effectively with the environment; inferred from a sample of behaviors

Answer 22

intelligence

Question 23

IQ classification chart:

1. 130+
2. 120-129
3. 110-119
4. 90-109
5. 80-89
6. 70-79
7. 69 and below

Answer 23

1. very superior
2. superior
3. high average
4. average
5. low average
6. borderline
7. intellectual disability