CSP Career Counseling Theories & Techniques 3

Question 1

A career counselor using Motivational Interviewing (MI) reflects a client's ambivalence about changing careers. Which MI technique is being applied?

Accepted Answer

Double-sided reflection

Answer

A double-sided reflection acknowledges both sides of a client's ambivalence in a single statement, a core MI technique for exploring mixed feelings.

Question 2

Which statement BEST describes the concept of 'work values' as distinct from 'interests' in career counseling?

Accepted Answer

Work values represent what a person wants to gain from work; interests represent activities a person enjoys

Answer

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.

Question 3

In the context of Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), which of the following MOST directly influences the development of career interests?

Accepted Answer

Outcome expectations and self-efficacy beliefs

Answer

SCCT (Lent, Brown, Hackett) holds that self-efficacy beliefs and outcome expectations combine to shape career interests.

Question 4

A counselor is conducting a genogram with a client to explore family career patterns. Which theoretical orientation does this technique BEST align with?

Accepted Answer

Systems/Family Systems perspective

Answer

Career genograms are rooted in family systems thinking, helping clients see multigenerational occupational patterns and expectations.

Question 5

Which of the following scenarios BEST exemplifies the 'crystallization' stage in Super's career development model?

Accepted Answer

A 16-year-old forming a tentative vocational preference based on emerging self-concept

Answer

Crystallization (ages 14-18) is the substage where adolescents begin forming a tentative vocational preference tied to an emerging self-concept.

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CSP Career Counseling Theories & Techniques 3