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  1. Which three core constructs form the basis of Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)?

    Answer: Self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and personal goals

    SCCT (Lent, Brown, and Hackett) builds on Bandura's work and centers on self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, and personal goals.

  2. Anne Roe's personality theory of career choice proposed that occupational orientation is shaped mainly by:

    Answer: Early parent-child relationships and need satisfaction

    Roe argued that early parental climates (acceptance, avoidance, emotional concentration) steer people toward person-oriented or non-person-oriented work.

  3. In Savickas's career construction theory, the four dimensions of career adaptability are:

    Answer: Concern, control, curiosity, and confidence

    Savickas named concern, control, curiosity, and confidence as the adaptability resources for handling career tasks and transitions.

  4. Tiedeman and O'Hara's decision-making model divides career decisions into two broad phases. What are they?

    Answer: Anticipation (preoccupation) and implementation (adjustment)

    Tiedeman and O'Hara described an anticipation phase (exploration, crystallization, choice, clarification) followed by an implementation phase (induction, reformation, integration).

  5. A 15-year-old is making career choices based mostly on their interests, then on their abilities and values. In Ginzberg's theory, this teen is in which period?

    Answer: Tentative

    Ginzberg's tentative period (about ages 11-17) moves through interest, capacity, value, and transition substages.

  6. Which U.S. Department of Labor resource replaced the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) as the main source of occupational information?

    Answer: O*NET

    O*NET (Occupational Information Network) replaced the DOT and gives detailed, regularly updated data on occupational characteristics.

  7. Which assessment reports 'General Occupational Themes' that correspond to Holland's RIASEC types?

    Answer: Strong Interest Inventory

    The Strong Interest Inventory organizes results into six General Occupational Themes based on Holland's RIASEC model.