NCE Exam - Lifestyle and Career Development, Exams of Advanced Education

Download NCE Exam - Lifestyle and Career Development and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! NCE Exam - Lifestyle and Career Development Lifestyle and career development have been emphasized - Since the beginning of the counseling and guidance movement and are still major areas of concern One trend is that women are moving into more careers that in the past were populated by males. Women workers are often impacted by the "glass ceiling phenomenon." Assuming that a counselor's behavior is influenced by the phenomenon, which statement would he most likely make when conducting a career counseling session with a female client who wants to advance to a higher position? - "Let's be rational: A woman can only advance so far. You really have very little if any chance of becoming a corporate executive. I'm here to help you cope with this reality" Most research in the area of career development and its relationship to students indicates that - A very high proportion of students in high school and at the junior high or middle school level wanted guidance in planning a career. Career interests are more stable after college. A dual-career family (or dual-worker couple) is one in which both partners have jobs to which they are committed on a somewhat continuous basis. Which statement is true of dual-career families? - Dual-career families have higher incomes than the so called traditional family in which only one partner is working In the dual-career family, partners seem to be more self-sufficient than in the traditional family. In a dual-career household, the woman - Is typically secure in her career before she has children Studies indicate that - Students want more vocational guidance that they recieve Statistics reveal that - on average, a worker with a bachelor's degree earns over $10,000 a year more than a worker with a high school diploma When professional career counselors use the term "leisure" they technically mean - The time the client has away from work which is not being utilized for obligations In terms of leisure and dual-career families - Dual-career families have less leisure time A client who says, "I feel I cannot really become an administrator in our agency because I am a woman," is showing an example of - Gender bias One major category of career theory is known as the trait-factor (also called the trait and factor) approach. It has also been dubbed the actuarial or matching approach. This approach - attempts to match the worker and the work environment (job factors). The approach thus makes the assumption that there is one best or single career for the person The trait-and-factor career counseling, actuarial or matching approach (which matches clients which a job) is associated with - Parsons and Williamson The trait-and-factor or actuarial approach asserts that - - Testing is an important part of the counseling process -A counselor can match the correct person with the appropriate job In 1909 a landmark book entitled "choosing a vocation" was released. The book was written by Frank Parsons. Parsons has been called - The father of vocational guidance Which statement is not true of the trait-and-factor approach to career counseling? - The approach is developmental and thus focuses on career maturity Edmund Griffith Williamson's work (or so called Minnesota viewpoint) purports to be scientific and didactic, utilizing test data from interments such as the - Minnesota Occupational Rating Scales The trait-and-factor approach fails to take _____________into account - individual change throughout the life span Anne Roe suggested a personality approach to career choice - based on the premise that a job satisfies an unconscious need Roe was the first career specialist to utilize a two-dimensional system of occupational classification utilizing - fields and levels All of the following are examples of Anne Roe's "fields" except - Unskilled All of the following are examples of Anne Roe's "levels" except - Outdoor Roe Spoke of three basic parenting styles: overprotective, avoid ant, or acceptant. The result is that the child - Will develop a personality which gravitates (i.e. moves) toward people or away from people Roe's theory relies of abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs in the sense that in terms of career choice - lower order needs take precedence over higher order needs Some support for Roe's theory comes from - The Rorschach and the TAT In terms of genetics, Roe's theory would assert that - Genetics help to determine intelligence and education, and hence this influences one's career choice A counselor who favors a behavioristic mode of career counseling would most likely - Suggest a site visit to a work setting A fairly recent model to explain a career development is the decision approach. The Gelatt Decision Model created by Harry B Gelatt refers to information as "the fuel of the decision." The Gelatt Model asserts that information can be organized into three systems - Predictive, value and decision In the Gelatt Model the predictive system deals with - Alternatives and the probability of outcomes Linda Gottfredson's developmental theory of career focuses on - Circumscription and compromise theory The leading method adults use to find career information in the US is - by securing information via the newspaper When career counselors speak of the OOH they are referring to - The occupational Outlook Handbook At its zenith the DOT listed - approximately 30,000 job titles In the DOT each job was given a ____ digit code - Nine The DOT was first published by the department of Labor in 1939. The first three digits in a DOT code referred to - An occupational group You are working as a counselor for a major university. A student wants detailed statistics about the average wages in her state. The best resource would be - The bureau of labor statistics website A counselor who is interested in trends in the job market should consult the - OOH A counselor wants to suggest an easy to read source for a client in search of career information. The counselor should recommend - OOH A counselor with a masters degree who is working for minimum wage at a fast food restaurant due to lack of jobs in the field is a victim of - Underemployment The Ooh contains approximately 800 job descriptions. Job trends suggest that - Service jobs will account for virtually all the job growth The Guide for occupational exploration (GOE) was published by the US department of labor. The guide lists groups of jobs listed in - 14 interest areas Self-efficacy theory is based on the work of - Albert Bandura SIGI Plus, Choices and Discover are - Computer Assisted Career Guidance Systems (CACG) A client who lives her flower arranging job begins doing flower arranging in her spare time on weekends and after work. This phenomenon is best described as - Spillover A male client who hates his job is trying desperately to be the perfect father, husband and family man. This phenomenon is best described as - The compensatory effect The National Vocational Guidance Association was founded in 1913. It was fused with other organizations in 1952 5o become - APGA Lifestyle includes - -Work -Leisure -Style of living The Strong Interest Inventory (SCII) is based on John Holland's theory. The test assumes that a person who is interested in a given subject will experience - Satisfaction in a job in which those working in the occupation have similar interests The Self-Directed Search (SDS) is - -Based on the work of Holland and yields scores n his six types -Self-administered -Self-scored and self-interpreted At a case staffing, one career counselor says to another, "The client's disability suggests she can only physically handle sedentary work." This technically implies - The client will not need to lift over ten pounds The notion of the hidden job market would suggest that - Most jobs are not advertised An SDS score will reveal - The individual's three highest scores based on Holland's personality types As you walk into a professional seminar on career counseling you note that the instructor is drawing a hexagon on the blackboard. The instructor is most likely discussing - John Holland the Strong is considered an Interest inventory. so is - The Kuder, created by George Fredric Kuder The U.S. employment service created the - GATB Occupational apptitiude tests such as the differential aptitude test (DAT), the armed services vocational aptitude test battery (ASVAB) and the O*NET ability profiler grew out of the - trait and factor movement related to career counseling A client says she has always stayed home and raised her children. Now the children are grown and she is seeking employment. She is best described - As a displaced homemaker According to the concept of wage discrimination - Women make less than men for doing the same job According to the concept of occupational sex segregation - Most women hold low paying jobs with low status A counselor advises a female steer clear of police work as he feels this is a male occupation. This suggests - Counselor bias based on gender bias Most research would suggest that a woman who has the same intelligence, skills and potential as a man will often - Have lower career aspirations than a man A displaced homemaker might have grown children or - -Be widowed and seeking employment -Be divorced and seeking employment Midlife career change - Is not that unusual The term "reentry woman" would best describe - A 29 year old female who was babysitting in her home but is currently working at a fast food restaurant A counselor doing multicultural career counseling should be aware - Of his or her own ethnocentric biases In terms of the labor market - -The number of employees employers want to hire goes down as salary goes up -The number of employees willing to work for you goes up as the salary increases SIGI Plus is - A computer career program known as the System of Interactive Guidance and Information that allows students to conduct a self-assessment and explore career options A career counselor who is helping a client design a resume - Should emphasize the importance of a cover letter Most experts would free that a resume - Is like an art project and must look good The concept of job clubs as promoted by Azrin et al. - Is very behavioristic