The forerunner of career guidance?
• George Merrill = pioneer and forerunner
• Frank Parsons = “father” of career guidance and the counseling profession
Q. 2
• What is the ACA division that promotes individuals’ career development throughout the life span?
FMLA
• 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.
Q. 4 -Who developed computerized vocational systems such as CVIS, DISCOVER,
and VISIONS
• A. John Holland• B. Frank Parsons• C. John Krumboltz• D. Joanne Harris-Bowlsbey
Q. 5
• ………………………………….refers to the significance an individual places on the role of career in relationship to other life roles.
• A. Career salience• B. Role spillover• C. Career adaptability• D. Career adjustment
Q. 6
• Salary, benefits, job security are three examples of:
• Intrinsic work values or extrinsic work values
Q. 7
• According to career trait and factor theory, self-understanding is derived from assessing:
• A. personality• B. ability• C. Values• D. All of the above
Q. 8
• A. Satisfaction or B. Satisfactoriness refers to employer’s satisfaction with an
individual’s job performance
Q. 9
• According to Holland’s theory, the personality type IAS is most congruent with which of the following work environments?
• A. IRE• B. ECS• C. IAR• D. IES
Q. 10
• According to Myers-Briggs type theory, an individual who uses logic and analyses to make decisions uses which information-gathering style?
• A. Feeling• B. Sensing• C. Intuition• D. Thinking
Q 11 -Super
• Self-Concept – changes and develops over time• Life Roles – child, student, leisurite, citizen, worker,
homemaker• Role Salience –the importance individuals assign to each
life role varies over a person’s lifetime. Three indicators of role salience: participation, commitment, values expectations
• Career maturity – readiness to make good career choices• Recycling- entering a stage you have been through
before.
Q. 12
• Case of Ann (read)• In what stage is Ann, according to Super’s
theory?• A. Growth• B. Establishment• C. Maintenance• D. Implementing
Q. 13
• Which example is an example of recycling, according to Super?
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.
Q 16
• Which parental style encourages autonomy while providing love and support?
• A. Rejecting• B. Loving acceptance• C. Over protection• D. Casual acceptance
Q. 17
• Which of the following assessments is based on Holland’s hexagon model and is self-administered, self-scored, and self-interpreted?
• A. Self Directed Search• B. Vocational Preference Inventory• C. My Vocational Situation• D. Career Development Inventory
Q. 18
• This kind of inventory reveals what an individual finds enjoyable and motivating but do not necessarily correlate with ability or job success?
• A. Interest• B. Personality• C. Values• D. Career development
Answer Q. 19
• Occupational Outlook Handbook ( the most comprehensive source for information about jobs in the U.S.)
Answer Q 20
• Occupational Information Network (a tool for career exploration and job analysis. O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development
and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more)
• (its predecessor: Dictionary of Occupational Titles)• Occupational titles are organized using the Standard
Occupational Classification System (SOC) – six digit code to classify occupations into four levels
Answer Q. 21
• Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Systems• Includes: DISCOVER, SIGI PLUS, Choices,
Guidance information Service• O*NET is NOT a computer-assisted career
guidance system.
Q. 22
• Career assistance can include:• A. Mentoring• B. Career Coaching• C. Career Counseling• D. All of the above
Q. 24 Career Assessment
• A broad process of systematically collecting career-related information using multiple methods.
• What are three common methods used in career assessment?
Q. 25 Interest inventories
• Identify an individual’s work-related interests.• Often reveal what an individual finds
enjoyable and motivating, but not necessarily correlate with ability or job success. Interest inventories solicit an individual’s preferences and have no right or wrong answers.
• List 3 commonly used interest inventories
Q. 25 Answer
• Strong Interest Inventory (SII)• Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS)• COPSystem• Self-Directed Search (SDS)• Transition-to-Work Inventory• Kuder Career Search (KCS)
Q. 26 Personality Inventories
• Identify an person’s unique characteristics and styles of relating to others, tasks, and situations. They are frequently administered in career counseling to facilitate the vocational decision-making process.
• List a few personality inventories
Answer Q. 27
• Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI)• Keirsey Temperament Sorter II (KTS-II)• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Q. 28 Values Inventories
• Assist individuals in identifying what they value in a career or specific job.
• They are usually designed to help individuals prioritize their work values.
• Can serve as a blueprint for the career decision-making process.
• List three
Answer Q. 28
• Work Values Inventory• Work Orientation and Values Survey (WOVS)• Career Orientation Placement and Evaluation
Survey (COPES)
Q. 29 Career Development Inventories
• Identify personal factors that may impede an individual’s career development process. Typically these inventories measure factors related to faulty career beliefs, anxiety, career maturity, and career barriers.
• List 7
Q. 29 Answer
• My Vocational Situation• Career Thoughts Inventory• Career Beliefs Inventory• Career Transitions Inventory• Career Development Inventory• Career Maturity Inventory-Revised• Career Decision Scale
Career Theories
• Values based Career Counseling Theorist: Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey• Developmental Theorists: Donald Super – Theory of Vocational
Development Linda Gottfredson – Theory of Circumscription
and Compromise
Career Theories
• Learning and Cognitive Theories:• Krumboltz – Social Learning Theory and
Career Development; Planned Happenstance Theory
• Peterson, Sampson & Reardon -Cognitive Information Processing
• Lent, Brown, Hackett – Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)
Career Theories
• Blustein – theories of embedded career • Contextualism – Savickas• Ecological perspective – Cook, Heppner &
O’Brien p. 67 • Sociological Theories – Blustein, Hotchkiss,
Borow• Psychodynamic- Adler, Erikson, Bordin,
Career Theories
• Humanistic• – Personal Construct Theory (PCT)—Kelly• • Holistic/Integrative• – Integrative Life Planning (ILP)- -Hansen
Ann Roe - Psychoanalytic
• The publication of The Psychology of Occupations would introduce Roe's theory of personality development and career choice, her most enduring scientific contribution. Roe's theory can be separated into two key areas: theoretical aspects of personality and classification of occupations. Inspired by Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Roe incorporated the psychological needs that develop out of parent-child interactions in her conceptualization of personality. Roe classified parent-child interaction patterns into three categories, each with two subcategories.
Roe’s Theory of Occupational Choice• • Early childhood experiences are related to career choices.• • Parent-child relationships.• – Emotional concentration• • Overprotective• • Overdemanding• – Avoidance• • Neglect• • Rejection--Emotional or physical• – Acceptance• • Loving• • Casual• • Likely to choose a work situation that reflects the
psychological climate of home grew up in.