Chapter 4: Lifestyle and Career Development Flashcards
(44 cards)
__________ is considered the “father” of career guidance.
a. Frank Parsons
b. George Merrill
c. Donald Super
d. Mark Savickas
a. Frank Parsons
The __________ is a division of ACA that strives to promote
individuals’ career development throughout the lifespan.
a. National Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA)
b. American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA)
c. National Career Development Association (NCDA)
d. National Employment Counseling Association (NECA)
c. National Career Development Association (NCDA)
According to the NCDA Code of Ethics, which of the following
behaviors is considered unacceptable when using the Internet?
a. Refusing to provide services to a client who refuses to
self-identify
b. Referring a client to an online job posting site that lists
valid openings and appropriate employer contact
information
c. Informing clients of the issues and limitations related to
maintaining confidentiality when using career technology
d. Using mass e-mails to advertise career counseling
services and solicit new clients.
d. Using mass e-mails to advertise career counseling
services and solicit new clients.
The __________ allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of
unpaid leave when they are unable to perform their job, need to
care for a sick family member, or need to provide care to a child.
a. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938
b. Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
c. Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
d. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
b. Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
The Minnesota point of view, developed by Edmund Williamson,
is considered to be a(n) __________ counseling approach.
a. developmental
b. computerized
c. directive
d. Rogerian
c. directive
Kate is the primary caregiver to her elderly mother. Lately, Kate
has had a difficult time focusing on her tasks at work because she
is constantly worried about her mother’s health. Kate is most
likely experiencing
a. a lack of job satisfaction.
b. role spillover.
c. low career adaptability.
d. role conflict.
b. role spillover.
Expressed interests refer to
a. the activities in which people engage.
b. interests that are verbally reported.
c. an individual’s knowledge of a specific topic.
d. activities individuals hurry to complete.
b. interests that are verbally reported.
Occupational stress has been linked to a. a decrease in physical symptoms and an increase in psychological symptoms. b. increased self-efficacy. c. a decrease in risky behaviors. d. burnout.
d. burnout.
Which of the following is NOT true regarding self-efficacy?
a. People will be more likely to engage in a work behavior
or task if they believe they can succeed.
b. Persons with high self-efficacy tend to perform at higher
levels than those with low self-efficacy.
c. Individuals with low self-efficacy may overestimate their
actual abilities.
d. Persons with low self-efficacy may avoid making career
decisions.
c. Individuals with low self-efficacy may overestimate their
actual abilities.
Salary, benefits, and job security are three examples of
a. lifestyle values.
b. extrinsic work values.
c. cultural values.
d. intrinsic work values.
b. extrinsic work values.
According to career trait and factor theory, clients are to integrate
self-understanding and ___________________ in order to make a
career decision that will lead to satisfaction.
a. knowledge of the work environment
b. ability
c. values
d. intuition
a. knowledge of the work environment
___________________ refers to an employee’s contentment with
the work environment. ___________________ describes the
employer’s satisfaction with an individual’s job performance.
a. Tenure; Satisfaction
b. Satisfaction; Satisfactoriness
c. Satisfaction; Tenure
d. Satisfactoriness; Satisfaction
Satisfaction; Satisfactoriness
According to Holland’s theory of types, the personality type IAS is
most congruent with which of the following work environments?
a. IRE
b. ECS
c. IAS
d. IAE
c. IAS
For a person with the Myers-Briggs typology INTP, N indicates
a. an interest in one’s inner world.
b. the use of insight to make meaning of the events in one’s
world.
c. the use of the five senses to take in information about the
events in one’s world.
d. the need to weigh many facts before reaching a decision.
b. the use of insight to make meaning of the events in one’s
world.
Gottfredson emphasizes the role that \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ play in making career decisions. a. transitions and crises b. gender and prestige c. self-concept and life roles d. accessibility and race
b. gender and prestige
Ann was promoted to a senior analyst position a year ago. This
past year, she attended several continuing education workshops
to update her skills and stay abreast of the new developments in
the field. According to Super’s lifespan, life–space career theory,
in what developmental stage is Ann?
a. Growth
b. Establishment
c. Maintenance
d. Implementing
c. Maintenance
Super recognized that individuals can recycle through the various
stages during their lifetime, re-entering a stage that they have
been through before. Which of the following scenarios is an
example of recycling?
a. An employee is promoted to vice president of his
company and has to learn new skills.
b. An employee retires after 30 years of working in the
health care industry.
c. A recent college graduate enters the workforce and
begins working in the education field.
d. An employee loses her job in construction after 15 years
and begins taking classes at the local college to pursue a
career in architecture.
d. An employee loses her job in construction after 15 years
and begins taking classes at the local college to pursue a
career in architecture.
Hopson and Adams’s model of adult transitions proposes that crises are usually a. nonevents and involuntary. b. unanticipated and involuntary. c. voluntary and anticipated. d. chronic hassles and unanticipated.
b. unanticipated and involuntary.
Nine-year-old Suzie tells her father that she cannot be a plumber
when she grows up because only boys are plumbers. Suzie is
demonstrating which of following concepts from Gottfredson’s
theory?
a. Compromise
b. Career adaptability
c. Circumscription
d. Career maturity
c. Circumscription
Which career theory emphasizes the role of self-efficacy in career
decision making?
a. Roe’s relational theory
b. Gelatt’s decision-making model
c. Social cognitive career theory
d. Janis and Mann’s conflict model of decision making
c. Social cognitive career theory
According to social cognitive career theory, which of the
following is an example of a proximal factor that may influence a
client’s career decision?
a. The client’s sexual orientation
b. Cultural expectations of heteronormativity
c. Access to a master’s program at a four-year university
d. The client’s genetic predispositions
c. Access to a master’s program at a four-year university
Jenna is a second-semester sophomore and needs to declare her
major by the end of the semester, but she remains undecided.
Her academic advisor has suggested that she research career and
major information to help her reach a decision. However, Jenna
has been putting off this task for several months and still has not
made a decision. Jenna is displaying
a. unconflicted change.
b. defensive avoidance.
c. hypervigilance.
d. vigilance.
b. defensive avoidance.
Kelly (2013) proposed that individuals develop __________ that
assist them in finding purpose at work, evaluating career
decisions and tasks, and developing a sense of identity through
work.
a. career narratives
b. task approach skills
c. life themes
d. vocational constructs
d. vocational constructs
Both Krumboltz’s social learning theory and __________ stress the
influence of chance events on an individual’s career trajectory.
a. chaos theory of careers
b. integrative life planning
c. career construction theory
d. cognitive information process approach
a. chaos theory of careers
