NCE Exam: Lifestyle and Career Development| 123 questions| with complete solutions

Over ___% of marriages are dual-earner marriages. correct answer: 54 (Around 60% when looking at marriages with children. In 1950, it was 20.4%.) Studies suggest how many workers snare a job based on chance factors? correct answer: 1 in 5 What ____% of all college students have career difficulties? correct answer: 50 (of all college students) What are 're-entry women'? correct answer: Women who have made the transition from homemaker to jobs outside the home. Displaced homemaker correct answer: A woman with children who was a homemaker but is currently in need of work to support her family. What is meant by the term 'glass ceiling'? correct answer: Suggests women are limited in terms of how far they can advance in the workforce; is a form of occupational gender role stereotyping that can limit a woman's careers. Women now compromise _____% of the workforce; approximately ____ ______ workers. correct answer: 46%, 69 million John O. Crites correct answer: Feels the need for career counseling exceeds the need for therapy. Victor Vroom's Motivation and Management Expectancy Theory correct answer: suggests employee performance is influenced by: valance (rewards such as money, promotion, or satisfaction), expectancy (what am I capable of doing?), and instrumentality (will management come through with promised rewards?) Vocational guidance correct answer: A developmental and educational process within a school system. Career counseling correct answer: A therapeutic service for adults with occupational goals that is performed outside the educational setting. A Bachelor's degree correct answer: on average, this boosts yearly income by $10,000 over that of worker with a high school diploma. ____% of workers have a high school diploma. correct answer: 75% "Changing View of Work" correct answer: indicates that in the past, work was seen as drudgery, while today it is viewed as a vehicle to express our identity, self-esteem, and status.