Career Development Psychology and Counseling

I need this quiz completed. The choices are A B C or D.

  • 1. In SCCT Self-Efficacy can be best described as:
  • People’s judgement of their capabilities on specific tasks
  • People’s judgement of their capabilities on all tasks
  • People’s judgement of interest in specific tasks
  • People’s judgement of interest on all tasks

  • 2. Which of the following statements represents an introjected model:
  • “I shouldn’t do that, my dad wouldn’t like it.”
  • “I don’t think I should, it’s not what a hero would do.”
  • “I won’t do it, I don’t do that sort of thing.”
  • “I’m not going to do it unless you do it first.”

  • 3. Career construction theory advises _____ for the actor, _____ for the agent, and _____ for the author.
  • Vocational guidance, career education, career counseling
  • Career education, career counseling, vocational guidance
  • Career counseling, career education, vocational guidance
  • Vocational guidance, career counseling, career education

  • 4. Comparable worth suggests that
  • Males and females should be paid the same for performing the same work
  • Primarily female occupations should be paid similarly to primarily male occupations
  • Males and females salaries should be no more than 5% different
  • Benefits including maternity leave should be accessible to all sexes

  • 5. In SCCT, The element that best predicts a positive work life balance is:
  • Wages earned
  • Psychological adjustment
  • Social support network
  • Spousal support

  • 6 Females are underrepresented in STEM fields because:
  • They have a poorer understanding of mathematics
  • They earn far fewer bachelor’s degrees in mathematics
  • Math-talented females may find other careers more attractive
  • They are deliberately discouraged to enter by males

  • 7. A child starts to develop curiosity and interest about the world of work, they are in which stage of development in Super’s model?
  • Growth
  • Exploration
  • Establishment
  • Maintenance

  • 8. Social class has a strong influence on all of the following except:
  • Worldview
  • Culture of origin
  • Access to education
  • Overall social status

  • 9. In SCCT emphasizes how _____, _____, and _____ influence each other.
  • Behavior, environment, and people
  • Personality, people, and cognition
  • Interpersonal skill, extrapersonal skill, and metapersonal skill
  • Oxygen, heat, and fuel

  • 10. In Super’s theory, disengagement is best described as:
  • A lack of interest in counseling
  • An inability to communicate on the jobsite
  • A transitional stage with a shift of focus away from work
  • A loss of status in the workplace

  • 11. One barrier that often prevents those with disabilities from seeking work is:
  • A lack of interests in work
  • A lack of ability to work
  • A lack of social skills
  • A loss of government sponsored health care benefits

  • 12. Super based his theory on the following except:
  • Differential Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Self-concept theory

  • 13. Counseling those with disabilities may be especially difficult when:
  • The disability is invisible
  • The disability is highly obvious
  • The disability is very recent
  • The disability is well established in the individual

  • 14. The _____ model explains why two people with a similar level of skill can have extreme differences in performance quality
  • Interest
  • Choice
  • Performance
  • Satisfaction

  • 15. Agency may be best described as:
  • Self-direction
  • Support
  • Skill
  • Perseverance

  • 16. A married 30-year-old is working to develop a safe and secure work space, they are in which stage of development in Super’s model?
  • Growth
  • Exploration
  • Establishment
  • Maintenance

  • 17. There is _____ empirical research supporting career construction theory:
  • A great deal of
  • No
  • Very little
  • A moderate amount of

  • 18. The medical model of aiding the disabled back to work has often failed because:
  • It insisted on changing the person, not the job
  • It insisted on changing the job, not the person
  • It only attended to the physical problems and not psychological impact
  • It redirected those with disabilities to less rigorous employment

  • 19. In SCCT the interest model suggests that:
  • People develop interests spontaneously
  • People develop interests via exposure and practice
  • People develop interests via genetic predisposition
  • People develop interests based on cognitive development

  • 20. SCCT is based on the work of:
  • Bandura
  • Super
  • Beck
  • Minuchin

  • 21. With regard to employment, youth with disabilities:
  • Fare better than cultural minorities
  • Fare better than gender minorities
  • Fare worse than gender minorities but better than cultural minorities
  • Fare worse than all other groups

  • 22. With regard to career research, there is little to no research on the ____ population.
  • Transgender
  • Bisexual
  • Gay
  • Lesbian

  • 23. A person feels very dedicated to who they are as an employee, they feel invested in what they do, and put forth great effort. According to Super, this person demonstrates:
  • Satisfaction
  • Congruence
  • Salience
  • Concordance

  • 24. According to career construction theory a person’s reality is:
  • A constructed representation
  • Fixed and unmalleable
  • Universal between subjects
  • Constructed by intrapsychic events

  • 25. A criticism of research on life-span, life-space theories is:
  • It ignores the needs of adolescents
  • It is highly theoretical
  • It has no real-world application
  • It has been applied to young adults almost exclusively

  • 26. Career counseling has often failed to address how to:
  • Prepare for employment with limited resources
  • Seek employment in a new field
  • Tolerate stress in the workplace
  • Utilize social supports to advance employment

  • 27. One of the most salient predictors of career development is:
  • A person’s socioeconomic status
  • A person’s level of disability
  • A person’s race
  • A person’s gender

  • 28. LGBT individuals may have additional problems in career development because:
  • They score lower on skill based tests
  • They are less aware career options available
  • They are simultaneously developing their sexual identity
  • They only seek careers congruent with their sexual identity

  • 29. In Career construction theory, a counselor exploring construction may ask the client about:
  • Major developmental milestones
  • Prior work history
  • Favorite book or story
  • Current medications

  • 30. Men who choose nontraditional occupations often have:
  • Higher educational aspirations
  • Higher socioeconomic status
  • Fewer anti-feminine behaviors
  • All of the above

  • 31. An adolescent is beginning to identify specific forms of education needed for a preferred career, they are in which stage of development in Super’s model?
  • Growth
  • Exploration
  • Establishment
  • Maintenance

  • 32. Career counselors can help individuals with disabilities by:
  • Helping employers find workplace accommodations
  • Helping clients explore potential career options
  • Helping clients practice interviewing scores
  • All of the above

  • 33. Transgender individuals often described experiencing:
  • Overt discrimination
  • Job loss due to gender identity
  • Bathroom discrimination
  • All of the above

  • 34. Children of families with lower socioeconomic status often have all of the following except:
  • Reduced intellectual capacity
  • Reduced career exploration
  • Reduced career guidance
  • Increased anxiety regarding college attendance

  • 35. Which of the following statements represents the incorporation of a model:
  • “I shouldn’t do that, my dad wouldn’t like it.”
  • “I don’t think I should, it’s not what a hero would do.”
  • “I won’t do it, I don’t do that sort of thing.”
  • “I’m not going to do it unless you do it first.”

  • 36. _____ is about who a person is attracted to; _____ is about who the person feels they are:
  • Sexual orientation; Sexual Identity
  • Sexual Identity; Sexual Orientation
  • Gender; Sex
  • Sex; Gender

  • 37. A major barrier to providing career counseling to those living in poverty is:
  • Lack of trust in counseling
  • Lack of interest in work
  • Lack of access to services
  • Lack of job availability

  • 38. Socioeconomic disparity can be best defined as a(n):
  • Individual problem
  • Intergenerational problem
  • Racial problem
  • Government problem

  • 39. In SCCT self-efficacy is acquired and modified from all the following EXCEPT:
  • Social persuasion
  • Vicarious learning
  • Physiological and affective States
  • Performance rewards

  • 40. In SCCT, One of the biggest faulty assumptions in career counseling is that:
  • A person’s socioeconomic status can limit career options
  • Most people would avoid work if they could
  • Most people can change jobs if they desire to do so
  • People are looking to get paid as much as they can

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.