Lifestyle and Career Development II Flashcards
When did lifestyle and career counseling become popular?
With the beginning of the counseling and guidance movement (around 1908)
Who is associated with the birth of the guidance movement and when?
Frank Parsons (1908)
How did Frank Parsons impact career counseling?
Started the Boston Vocation Bureau and wrote Choosing a Vocation which was published posthumously
What does John O. Crites say about the need for career counseling?
There is greater need for career counseling than there is for therapy.
How can career counseling be therapeutic?
Personal adjustments need to be made.
What is the glass ceiling phenomenon?
Suggests women are limited in terms of how far they can advance in the world of work.
What is the lavender ceiling phenomenon?
Suggests LGBT individuals are limited in terms of how far they can advance in the world of work.
What is a reentry woman?
A woman who has had to re-enter the workforce after being a homemaker.
What percentage of divorces occur in families with children?
75%
How do high school and junior high students feel about guidance in planning a career?
3/4 of 11th grade students wanted career guidance and nearly the same amount of 8th grade students wanted it.
When are a students career interests more stable?
After college
What percentage of college students have career difficulties?
50%
What minority group can especially benefit from career counseling in school and why?
African Americans because they have fewer positive work role models.
What percentage of individuals gets a job based on chance?
1 in 5
What percentage of workers would like more information on the world of work if they could do it over again?
60%
What does Victor Vroom’s expectency theory of motivation suggest?
An employee’s work performance is influenced by valence (will the work provide rewards?), expectancy ( What does the person feel he is capable of doing?), and instrumentality (will the manager actually give the employee the promised reward?)
How do dual-career families compare to single career families in income generally?
Generally the dual-career families have higher income.
What percentage of families are dual earners?
54% (compared to 20% in the 1950s)
How does a dual-career family affect when a woman has children?
Typically, the woman is secure in her career before having children.
How do vocational guidance and career counseling differ?
Vocational guidance is developmental and educational often inside a school setting while career counseling is a therapeutic service usually outside a school setting. (Not all tests will differentiate the two)
How does having a bachelors degree affect income in most cases?
Earn at least $10,000 a year more than someone with a high school diploma
What does the phrase “changing view of work” refer to?
In the past work was seen as drudgery, and now it is a way to express identity, status, and self-esteem.
What does the term leisure refer to?
The time the client has away from work not being used for obligations.
How does the amount of leisure time in single career families compare to the amount of leisure time in dual career families?
Single career families have more leisure time.
What law required equal pay and equal work opportunities for women and minorities?
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights act
What is the “80% Four-fifths rule”?
It is a hiring rate for hiring minorities. If the rate is less than 80%, an adverse impact is evident. (Example: 60 employees are Black, 80 are white…. 60/80=75%… adverse impact is evident)
What is the Trait-and-Factor theory?
psychological testing one’s personality could be matched to an occupation which stressed those particular personality traits (aka profile matching)
What is the first major and most durable theory of career choice?
Trait and factor theory
What is the Minnesota Viewpoint?
A theory of counseling which transcended vocational issues.
On what population are most career theories based?
Middle or Upper class white males who are heterosexual and not disabled.
Who is associated with trait and factor career counseling?
E.G. Williamson, C.F. Patterson, and Frank Parsons
What is differential psychology?
The study of individual differences?
Is the trait and factor model grounded in differential psychology?
Yes
What is the biggest criticism of the trait and factor model?
It is over simplistic and assumes there is a single job for the client’s entire life.
What does the phrase “fourth force in counseling” refer to?
Multiculturalism
What is third force psychology?
Humanistic approaches
What tests does the Minnesota Viewpoint use to get its data?
Minnesota Occupational Rating Scales
What tests would be favored by counselors who prefer a personality theory of career choice?
Meyers Brings Type Indicator (MBTI), Guilford-Zimmerman Temperment Survey (GZTS), the Adjective Checklist, BDI, and MMPI-2
Why is the personality theory of career choice not currently popular?
It is a “test-and-tell” paradigm.
What does the trait-and-factor approach not account for?
Individual changes throughout the life span.
What is Anne Roe’s personality approach to career choice based on?
The belief that a job satisfies unconscious needs
How is Anne Roe’s career choice theory organized?
Two-dimensional system of fields and levels
What are the eight fields in Anne Roe’s career choice theory?
Service, business contact, organizations, technology, outdoor, science, general culture, and arts/entertainment
What are the six levels of occupational skill in Anne Roe’s career choice theory?
Professional and managerial 1, Professional and managerial 2, semiprofessional/small business, skilled, semiskilled, and unskilled
What are the three basic parenting styles Anne Roe spoke of?
Overprotective, avoidant, and acceptant
How does the type of parenting style affect how the child relates with people?
The child will either gravitate towards or away from people depending on the parenting style.
How does Roe’s theory of career choice rely on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
Lower order needs (such as safety) take precedence over higher order needs
What tests support Roe’s theory of career choice?
The Rorschach and the TAT
According to Anne Roe, how do genetics affect career choice?
Genetics help determine intelligence and educational ability which can influence career choice
What does the term career mean?
Lifetime positions plus leisure
What does occupation mean?
A string of similar jobs
What does the term job refer to?
A specific position within an organization.
What did Edwin Bordin argue about career choice?
Career choice could be used to resolve unconscious conflicts
Which defense mechanism did Brill emphasize?
Sublimation
Who’s work is the most popular approach to career counseling currently?
John Holland
What is Holland’s first assumption?
In our culture, there are 6 basic personality types: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional.
What are Holland’s 6 basic Personality types?
Artistic, Social, Realistic, investigative, Conventional, and enterprising. (Mneumonic AS RICE)
What is Holland’s second assumption?
Work environment’s correspond to the six personality types