Career Counseling Theories & Techniques Flashcards
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A career counselor using Motivational Interviewing (MI) reflects a client's ambivalence about changing careers. Which MI technique is being applied?
Answer: Double-sided reflection
A double-sided reflection acknowledges both sides of a client's ambivalence in a single statement, a core MI technique for exploring mixed feelings.
Which statement BEST describes the concept of 'work values' as distinct from 'interests' in career counseling?
Answer: Work values represent what a person wants to gain from work; interests represent activities a person enjoys
Work values concern what a person seeks as an outcome from work (e.g., autonomy, security), while interests concern the types of activities they enjoy.
In the context of Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), which of the following MOST directly influences the development of career interests?
Answer: Outcome expectations and self-efficacy beliefs
SCCT (Lent, Brown, Hackett) holds that self-efficacy beliefs and outcome expectations combine to shape career interests.
A counselor is conducting a genogram with a client to explore family career patterns. Which theoretical orientation does this technique BEST align with?
Answer: Systems/Family Systems perspective
Career genograms are rooted in family systems thinking, helping clients see multigenerational occupational patterns and expectations.
Which of the following scenarios BEST exemplifies the 'crystallization' stage in Super's career development model?
Answer: A 16-year-old forming a tentative vocational preference based on emerging self-concept
Crystallization (ages 14-18) is the substage where adolescents begin forming a tentative vocational preference tied to an emerging self-concept.
The Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) model uses the CASVE cycle. What does the 'V' stand for, and what occurs in that phase?
Answer: Valuing — the client prioritizes options based on personal and social costs and benefits
In the CASVE cycle, Valuing involves evaluating options by weighing personal costs/benefits and societal impacts before selecting a choice.
Which intervention is MOST congruent with a postmodern approach to career counseling?
Answer: Co-constructing the client's career story through open-ended storytelling questions
Postmodern career counseling emphasizes subjective meaning-making; co-constructing narrative stories honors the client's unique reality.