CCA CCA Career Transitions & Life-Span Development 2

Question 1

Schlossberg's '4 S' model for coping with career transitions includes Situation, Self, Support, and:

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Strategies

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Skills

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Structure

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Stability

Question 2

Erikson's stage of 'Generativity vs. Stagnation' is most relevant to career counseling clients who are:

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Middle-aged adults questioning their career legacy and contributions to others

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Adolescents exploring initial career identities

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Young adults balancing career and intimate relationship formation

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Older adults reviewing life achievements and approaching end of career

Question 3

A CCA working with a recently retired client who is struggling with loss of professional identity should FIRST address:

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Role discontinuity and rebuilding self-concept outside of occupational identity

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Financial planning and retirement income optimization

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Physical health changes affecting work performance

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Re-entry strategies for returning to part-time employment

Question 4

Which concept from career development theory describes an individual's internal career anchor that resists change even when external opportunities arise?

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Schein's career anchor

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Holland's occupational type

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Super's archway of career determinants

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Krumboltz's planned happenstance

Question 5

A 35-year-old client in a stable but unfulfilling career is considering a major pivot. According to career development theory, this is BEST described as:

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A voluntary career transition driven by intrinsic motivation and values realignment

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A structural career disruption caused by external labor market forces

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A developmental regression indicating lack of career maturity

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A predictable stage transition consistent with Super's Establishment stage

Question 6

When working with a client navigating a career transition, the CCA's primary role during the 'endings' phase (per Bridges' Transition Model) is to:

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Help the client process loss, let go of old identity, and acknowledge what they are leaving behind

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Immediately focus on action steps and goal setting for the new career path

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Administer career assessments to identify new occupational directions

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Provide detailed LMI for target industries to motivate rapid movement forward