Career Development Theories & Models Flashcards
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Which early theorist proposed that sound vocational choice requires "true reasoning" on the relations between self-knowledge and knowledge of occupations?
Answer: Frank Parsons
Frank Parsons outlined this three-step trait-and-factor approach in Choosing a Vocation (1909).
In Ginzberg's developmental theory, which period occurs roughly between ages 11 and 17 and focuses on interests, capacities, and values?
Answer: Tentative
Ginzberg's tentative period spans early adolescence, when choices are based on interests, capacities, and values.
Which theorist linked early parent-child relationships to whether a person later gravitates toward person-oriented or non-person-oriented occupations?
Answer: Anne Roe
Anne Roe's personality theory tied early family climate and need satisfaction to occupational orientation toward or away from people.
A new employee first conforms to group expectations, then asserts personal views, then reaches balance with the group. Which model describes these induction, reformation, and integration stages?
Answer: Tiedeman and O'Hara's decision-making model
Tiedeman and O'Hara divided decision making into anticipation and implementation/adjustment, the latter including induction, reformation, and integration.
In the Theory of Work Adjustment, the employer's evaluation that a worker meets the job's requirements is called:
Answer: Satisfactoriness
Satisfactoriness is the environment's satisfaction with the individual, while satisfaction refers to the worker's view of the job.
Using Schlossberg's 4 S model, a counselor asking a laid-off client about family, friends, and community resources is assessing which S?
Answer: Support
Support refers to the social resources available to the person during a transition.
Which approach encourages clients to be "focused and flexible" and to treat uncertainty as an asset in decision making?
Answer: Gelatt's positive uncertainty
Gelatt revised his earlier rational model into positive uncertainty, which embraces ambiguity and change.