[SOLVED] Career Development Psychology and Counseling

Help me study for my Psychology class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

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

• 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

• 2Which 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.”

• 3Career 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

• 4Comparable 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

• 5The element that best predicts a positive work life balance is:

• Wages earned
• Psychological adjustment
• Social support network
• Spousal support

• 6Females 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

• 7A 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

• 8Social class has a strong influence on all of the following except:

• Worldview
• Culture of origin
• Access to education
• Overall social status

• 9SCCT 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

• 10In 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

• 11One 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

• 12Super based his theory on the following except:

• Differential Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Self-concept theory

• 13Counseling 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

• 14In SCCT the _____ model explains why two people with a similar level of skill can have extreme differences in performance quality

• Interest
• Choice
• Performance
• Satisfaction

• 15In SCCT agency may be best described as:

• Self-direction
• Support
• Skill
• Perseverance

• 16A 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

• 17There is _____ empirical research supporting career construction theory:

• A great deal of
• No
• Very little
• A moderate amount of

• 18The 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

• 19In 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

• 20SCCT is based on the work of:

• Bandura
• Super
• Beck
• Minuchin

• 21With 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

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

• Transgender
• Bisexual
• Gay
• Lesbian

• 23A 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

• 24According to career construction theory a person’s reality is:

• A constructed representation
• Fixed and unmalleable
• Universal between subjects
• Constructed by intrapsychic events

• 25A 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

• 26Career 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

• 27One 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

• 28LGBT 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

• 29In Career construction theory, a counselor exploring construction may ask the client about:

• Major developmental milestones
• Prior work history
• Favorite book or story
• Current medications

• 30Men who choose nontraditional occupations often have:

• Higher educational aspirations
• Higher socioeconomic status
• Fewer anti-feminine behaviors
• All of the above

• 31An 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

• 32Career 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

• 33Transgender individuals often described experiencing:

• Overt discrimination
• Job loss due to gender identity
• Bathroom discrimination
• All of the above

• 34Children 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

• 35Which 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

• 37A 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

• 38Socioeconomic disparity can be best defined as a(n):

• Individual problem
• Intergenerational problem
• Racial problem
• Government problem

• 39In SCCT self-efficacy is acquired and modified from all the following EXCEPT:

• Social persuasion
• Vicarious learning
• Physiological and affective States
• Performance rewards

• 40One 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