Exam Solution Manual for Personal and Professional Growth
Lifestyle and career development have been emphasized: - Answers since the beginning of the
counseling and guidance movement
and are still major areas of concern.
One trend is that women are moving into more careers that in
the past were populated by males. Women workers are often
impacted by the "glass ceiling phenomenon." Assuming that a
counselor's behavior is infl uenced by the phenomenon, which
statement would he most likely make when conducting a career
counseling session with a female client who wants to advance to
a higher position? - Answers "Let's be rational: A woman can only advance so far. You
really have very little if any chance of becoming a corporate
executive. I'm here to help you cope with this reality."
Most research in the area of career development and its relationship to students indicates that: -
Answers a very high proportion of students in high school and at
the junior high or middle-school level wanted guidance in
planning a career. Career interests are more stable after
college.
A dual-career family (or dual-worker couple) is one in which
both partners have jobs to which they are committed on a somewhat
continuous basis. Which statement is true of dual-career
families? - Answers Dual-career families have higher incomes than the so-called traditional family in
which only one partner is
working.
In the dual-career family, partners seem to be more self-sufficient than in the traditional family. In a
dual-career household, the woman: - Answers is typically secure in her career before she has children.
Studies indicate that: - Answers students want more vocational guidance than they receive.
, Statistics reveal that: - Answers on average, a worker with a bachelor's degree earns over
$10,000 a year more than a worker with a high school diploma.
When professional career counselors use the term leisure they technically mean: - Answers the time the
client has away from work which is not being
utilized for obligations.
In terms of leisure time and dual-career families: - Answers dual-career families have less leisure time
A client who says, "I feel I cannot really become an administrator in our agency because I am a woman,"
is showing an example of: - Answers gender bias.
One major category of career theory is known as the trait-factor (also called the trait-and-factor)
approach. It has also been dubbed the actuarial or matching approach. This approach: - Answers
attempts to match the worker and the work environment
(job factors). The approach thus makes the assumption
that there is one best or single career for the person.
The trait-and-factor career counseling, actuarial, or matching approach (which matches clients with a
job) is associated with - Answers Parsons and Williamson
The trait-and-factor or actuarial approach asserts that: - Answers a counselor can match the correct
person with the appropriate job.
In 1909 a landmark book entitled Choosing a Vocation was released. The book was written by Frank
Parsons. Parsons has been called: - Answers the Father of vocational guidance.
Which statement is not true of the trait-and-factor approach to career counseling? - Answers The
approach is developmental and thus focuses on career
maturity.
Edmund Griffi th Williamson's work (or the so-called Minnesota
Viewpoint) purports to be scientifi c and didactic, utilizing test
data from instruments such as the - Answers Minnesota Occupational Rating Scales
The trait-and-factor approach fails to take _______ into account. - Answers individual change
throughout the life span.
Anne Roe suggested a personality approach to career choice - Answers based on the premise that a job
satisfies an unconscious
Lifestyle and career development have been emphasized: - Answers since the beginning of the
counseling and guidance movement
and are still major areas of concern.
One trend is that women are moving into more careers that in
the past were populated by males. Women workers are often
impacted by the "glass ceiling phenomenon." Assuming that a
counselor's behavior is infl uenced by the phenomenon, which
statement would he most likely make when conducting a career
counseling session with a female client who wants to advance to
a higher position? - Answers "Let's be rational: A woman can only advance so far. You
really have very little if any chance of becoming a corporate
executive. I'm here to help you cope with this reality."
Most research in the area of career development and its relationship to students indicates that: -
Answers a very high proportion of students in high school and at
the junior high or middle-school level wanted guidance in
planning a career. Career interests are more stable after
college.
A dual-career family (or dual-worker couple) is one in which
both partners have jobs to which they are committed on a somewhat
continuous basis. Which statement is true of dual-career
families? - Answers Dual-career families have higher incomes than the so-called traditional family in
which only one partner is
working.
In the dual-career family, partners seem to be more self-sufficient than in the traditional family. In a
dual-career household, the woman: - Answers is typically secure in her career before she has children.
Studies indicate that: - Answers students want more vocational guidance than they receive.
, Statistics reveal that: - Answers on average, a worker with a bachelor's degree earns over
$10,000 a year more than a worker with a high school diploma.
When professional career counselors use the term leisure they technically mean: - Answers the time the
client has away from work which is not being
utilized for obligations.
In terms of leisure time and dual-career families: - Answers dual-career families have less leisure time
A client who says, "I feel I cannot really become an administrator in our agency because I am a woman,"
is showing an example of: - Answers gender bias.
One major category of career theory is known as the trait-factor (also called the trait-and-factor)
approach. It has also been dubbed the actuarial or matching approach. This approach: - Answers
attempts to match the worker and the work environment
(job factors). The approach thus makes the assumption
that there is one best or single career for the person.
The trait-and-factor career counseling, actuarial, or matching approach (which matches clients with a
job) is associated with - Answers Parsons and Williamson
The trait-and-factor or actuarial approach asserts that: - Answers a counselor can match the correct
person with the appropriate job.
In 1909 a landmark book entitled Choosing a Vocation was released. The book was written by Frank
Parsons. Parsons has been called: - Answers the Father of vocational guidance.
Which statement is not true of the trait-and-factor approach to career counseling? - Answers The
approach is developmental and thus focuses on career
maturity.
Edmund Griffi th Williamson's work (or the so-called Minnesota
Viewpoint) purports to be scientifi c and didactic, utilizing test
data from instruments such as the - Answers Minnesota Occupational Rating Scales
The trait-and-factor approach fails to take _______ into account. - Answers individual change
throughout the life span.
Anne Roe suggested a personality approach to career choice - Answers based on the premise that a job
satisfies an unconscious
