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  1. According to Gottfredson's theory of circumscription and compromise, which aspect of the self-concept are people typically LEAST willing to sacrifice when compromising on career choices?

    Answer: Sex-type (gender appropriateness)

    Gottfredson proposed that people give up interests first, then prestige, and protect sex-type the most because it develops earliest.

  2. In the Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) CASVE cycle, a client who is weighing how each career option would affect their family and community is in which phase?

    Answer: Valuing

    The Valuing phase involves judging the costs and benefits of each option for oneself, significant others, and society.

  3. In Dawis and Lofquist's Theory of Work Adjustment, the term 'satisfactoriness' refers to:

    Answer: The employer's satisfaction with the worker's performance

    Satisfactoriness is the environment's (employer's) satisfaction with the individual, while satisfaction is the worker's view of the job.

  4. A counselor encourages a client to stay curious, persist, be flexible, stay optimistic, and take risks so they can benefit from unplanned events. This approach reflects:

    Answer: Krumboltz's planned happenstance theory

    Mitchell, Levin, and Krumboltz identified curiosity, persistence, flexibility, optimism, and risk taking as skills for turning chance events into opportunities.

  5. A 52-year-old accountant takes courses to update their skills so they can keep their current position. In Super's life-span model, this person is most likely in which stage?

    Answer: Maintenance

    Super's maintenance stage (about ages 45-65) focuses on holding onto, updating, and innovating within an established career.

  6. Which two-letter Holland code shows the LOWEST consistency?

    Answer: AC

    Artistic and Conventional sit opposite each other on Holland's hexagon, so the AC code has the lowest consistency.

  7. Schlossberg's transition model looks at a person's ability to cope with a job loss in terms of the '4 S's.' Which set is correct?

    Answer: Situation, Self, Support, Strategies

    Schlossberg's 4 S's are Situation, Self, Support, and Strategies, which are the resources a person draws on during a transition.