Career Counseling & Guidance Flashcards

Which career development theory emphasizes that individuals progress through stages of growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, and decline?

Answer: Super's Life-Span Life-Space Theory

Super's Life-Span Life-Space Theory describes career development as a series of stages across the lifespan.

A vocational evaluator is working with a client who has schizophrenia and struggles to identify career interests due to avolition. Which counseling approach is most appropriate?

Answer: Use structured, concrete activities and break tasks into small steps

Structured, concrete activities with incremental steps accommodate the cognitive and motivational challenges associated with avolition in schizophrenia.

The concept of 'planned happenstance' in career counseling, developed by Krumboltz, suggests that:

Answer: Unexpected events should be recognized as opportunities for career development

Planned happenstance theory holds that unplanned events can be turned into career opportunities through curiosity, persistence, and flexibility.

Which assessment instrument measures work-related values such as achievement, independence, recognition, relationships, support, and working conditions?

Answer: Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ)

The Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ) assesses vocational needs and values aligned with the Theory of Work Adjustment.

When a client with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) demonstrates impaired self-awareness of deficits, the vocational evaluator should:

Answer: Use performance-based assessment to provide objective feedback about functional abilities

Performance-based assessments provide objective data that can gently inform clients with TBI about their actual functional capacity.

In the context of career counseling, 'occupational stereotyping' is most problematic because it:

Answer: Restricts clients' career exploration based on gender, race, or disability assumptions

Occupational stereotyping limits clients' options by applying biased assumptions rather than individual assessment of abilities and interests.

A client is experiencing 'career indecision' characterized by chronic anxiety and inability to commit to any career path despite extensive exploration. This pattern is best described as:

Answer: Decidophobia or chronic indecisiveness

Chronic indecisiveness (sometimes called decidophobia) is distinguished from normal developmental indecision by its pervasive anxiety and resistance to closure.