Career Development Theories Flashcards

A CVE is evaluating an adult client who has never held a job. Which Super concept BEST describes the need to revisit earlier developmental tasks?

Answer: Recycling through career stages

Super's concept of recycling describes how individuals can re-enter earlier stages (e.g., exploration) when facing new career situations or transitions.

Which element of Krumboltz's original Social Learning Theory of Career Decision Making is MOST analogous to Bandura's vicarious learning?

Answer: Associative learning experiences

Associative learning experiences in Krumboltz's model occur when a neutral stimulus is paired with a positive or negative event—analogous to observational/vicarious learning.

In vocational evaluation practice, which career theory provides the MOST direct framework for interpreting scores from the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ)?

Answer: Theory of Work Adjustment (TWA)

The MIQ measures vocational needs and values and was specifically developed as part of the TWA framework to assess the person side of work adjustment correspondence.

A client says, 'I'm a hard worker but I don't think I could ever become a nurse—that's a woman's job.' This statement BEST illustrates which Gottfredson construct?

Answer: Circumscription by sex type

Gottfredson's circumscription process eliminates options that fall outside perceived gender-role boundaries, regardless of ability or interest.

According to SCCT, which intervention would MOST effectively expand a client's career interests in a domain where they have relevant ability but low self-efficacy?

Answer: Providing graduated mastery experiences in that domain

SCCT indicates that building self-efficacy through graduated mastery experiences (enactive learning) is the most potent method for expanding career interests tied to low self-efficacy.

In Holland's theory, an individual whose profile shows one clearly dominant type with other types scoring substantially lower has which characteristic?

Answer: High differentiation

Differentiation refers to the degree to which one RIASEC type predominates over others; a sharply peaked profile indicates high differentiation and predicts more focused vocational behavior.

Which of the following BEST characterizes the role of 'values' in the career development process according to Super's theory?

Answer: Values mediate the implementation of self-concept through occupational choice

Super viewed values as goals individuals seek through their work, and they play a mediating role in translating self-concept into specific occupational choices.