When selecting a computer-based system, counselors and their administrators should consider the

Midterm Exam - Chapter 1 - 7

The goal of the trait-and-factor approach to career counseling is to

identify the degree of fit between the person and the occupation.

Which of the following statements is true?

Licensed Professional Counselors are qualified to conduct career counseling.

Which of the following was the first to shift the focus of career development interventions to that of an ongoing process?

The main organization for professional career counselors is the

National Career Development Association.

According to Savickas, the competencies which will become the main areas of focus for career counselors are

critical thinking, self-affirmation, and commitment to community.

In Super's theory, adolescents' readiness for career decision making is known as

In Gottfredson's model, the process of eliminating unacceptable occupational alternatives based primarily on gender and social class is labeled

According to Anne Roe's personality theory of career choice, people choose occupational fields based on their ______________, which were influenced by the childhood environments that they experienced.

In terms of Holland's theory, congruence describes the degree of fit between an individual's personality type and that of his or her

current or prospective work environment.

In Holland's model, the degree of relatedness within types, such that similar types are located next to each other and have more in common, is a concept called

Social learning theory identifies four factors that influence decision making, including all of the following except

Chaos Theory of Careers is based on all of the following assumptions except

there is nothing a person can do that can influence their career because there are too many variables.

The tasks of the ILP model include all of the following except

making the most money with the least effort.

The three post-modern approaches include all of the following elements except

In the cognitive information-processing pyramid,

knowledge of self and occupations form the foundation; decision-making skills and metacognitions build upon it.

According to the authors, the emerging theories of career counseling tend to do all of the following except:

focus on objective scores rather than the client's subjective experience.

Stereotypes of oppressive environmental influences of women are perpetuated pervasively in:

Integrating gender into the career development intervention process is important for men because they are often

socialized to value power, competition action, strength, logic, and achievement.

Developmental issues that typically confront persons with disabilities include all of the following except

narrowing social outlets.

Typical domains for vocational assessments for persons with disabilities include

psychological, social and educational/academic.

Chang, Williams, and Dispenza (2009) recommend counselors that work with sexual minorities should:

remain sensitive to the client's pace of identity development.

A forced-choice activity is a/an

informal assessment instrument.

All of the following are true of formal assessments except that they

are usually free of charge.

the total number of responses related to some category.

The Career Maturity Inventory (Crites and Savickas) is an example of an instrument that can be used to measure

readiness to make career decisions.

Any of the following could be used to measure interests except

One of the advantages of using the internet to provide career planning assistance is:

databases can be updated more frequently.

All of the following are characteristics of career planning systems except

Which of the following is NOT a source of occupational information provided by the U.S.Department of Labor?

Holland's typology is very useful in career guidance programs because

occupations can be organized by the six types, individuals can find out their personal types by taking assessment and majors and programs of study can be organized by the six types.

All of the following are strong assets of a computer-based system except the capability to

identify whether the user can profit from its use.

Research about the use of computer-based systems indicates that

the best gains are made by a client when technology and counselor support are combined.

The most difficult part of helping people make a vocational choice or change is:

dealing with their lack of motivation.