Career Development and Counseling Flashcards

The Strong Interest Inventory (SII) is based primarily on which theory?

Answer: Holland's RIASEC typology

The Strong Interest Inventory organizes results using Holland's six RIASEC themes to match client interests with occupational environments.

Dawis and Lofquist's Theory of Work Adjustment (TWA) focuses on:

Answer: The correspondence between individual needs and work environment reinforcers

TWA proposes that job satisfaction and tenure depend on the correspondence between a worker's needs and the reinforcers provided by the work environment.

Savickas's Career Construction Theory extends Super's work by focusing on:

Answer: The narrative meaning clients construct about their career experiences

Mark Savickas's Career Construction Theory emphasizes the personal narratives and life themes clients use to construct meaning from their career experiences.

Which assessment measures a client's vocational identity stability and sense of purpose?

Answer: My Vocational Situation (MVS)

The My Vocational Situation (MVS) instrument, developed by Holland, measures vocational identity, occupational information needs, and perceived barriers to career choice.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is relevant to career counseling primarily because it:

Answer: Prohibits employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities

The ADA prohibits employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities and requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations, directly affecting career counseling practice.

Roe's personality theory of career choice suggests that occupational preferences are influenced by:

Answer: Early parent-child relationships and resulting needs

Anne Roe's theory proposes that early childhood experiences, particularly parenting style and the resulting psychological needs, influence whether individuals gravitate toward person-oriented or non-person-oriented occupations.