CCA Foundations of Career Development Theories 4

Question 1

Mark Savickas's Career Construction Theory directs counselors to help clients identify:

Accepted Answer

Life themes through narrative analysis of recurring stories and interests

Answer

Career Construction Theory uses narrative methods to surface life themes — the subjective meanings clients have constructed — as the foundation for career direction.

Question 2

Donald Super argued that the primary driver underlying all career development activity is:

Accepted Answer

The implementation and development of the self-concept

Answer

Super's central proposition is that people seek to implement their self-concept through occupational choices, continually developing and refining that self-concept across the lifespan.

Question 3

Tiedeman and O'Hara's career decision-making model divides the process into two major phases of:

Accepted Answer

Anticipation and implementation/adjustment

Answer

Tiedeman and O'Hara identified Anticipation (including exploration, crystallization, choice, and clarification) and Implementation/Adjustment as the two overarching phases.

Question 4

In Super's Life Career Rainbow, which of the following is NOT depicted as one of the major life roles?

Accepted Answer

Competitor

Answer

Super's Life Career Rainbow depicts the roles of Child, Student, Leisurite, Citizen, Worker, and Homemaker — 'Competitor' is not one of them.

Question 5

The Chaos Theory of Careers (CTC) developed by Pryor and Bright characterizes career development as:

Accepted Answer

A complex, non-linear, emergent process in which chance plays a significant role

Answer

CTC draws on complexity science to argue that careers are shaped by dynamic, non-linear systems where small changes, attractors, and chance events produce unpredictable outcomes.

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CCA Foundations of Career Development Theories 4