CPCE CAREER DEVELOPMENT-COUNSELOR PREPERATION COMPRE-
HENSIVE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLU-
TIONS|GRADED A+|PASS ON FIRST ATTEMPT|BRAND NEW
2026/2027 UPDATE!!!!!
5 influential career theories of today - ANSWER 1) Donald Super
2) John Holland
3) Linda Gottfredson
4) John Krumboltz
5) Mark Savickas
Actuarial theory - ANSWER Structure of individual - needs, traits, interests - examples:
trait-factor and needs based
Developmental career theory - ANSWER career development as occurring over time, usu-
ally through stages - example: self-concept and need
Donald Super - ANSWER Developmental approach to career - labeled himself as differen-
tial developmental social phenomenological psychologist -
Developmental approach to careers - ANSWER Donald Super - characterized as life span,
life space
Early Super - ANSWER 1940s - 1960s - included vocational development stages and voca-
tional development tasks
Vocational development stages - ANSWER a. growth (birth to 14-15)
b. exploratory (15-24)
c. establishment (25-44)
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, d. maintenance (45-64)
e. decline (65+) later changed to decline to disengagement
Vocational development tasks - ANSWER a. crystallization (ages 14-18)
b. specification (18-21)
c. Implementation (21-24)
d. stabilization (24-35
e. consolidation (35+)
Career maturity - ANSWER later renamed it career adaptability
Later Super - 1970s - ANSWER Super viewed career development as more holistic
9 major roles we play in life - ANSWER child, student, citizen, spouse, homemaker, par-
ent, worker, leisurite and pensioner
4 theaters where roles are played out - ANSWER home, community, school, and work-
place
Archway Model - ANSWER Super developed - many determinants that comprise one's
self-concept
Pillars of Archway model - ANSWER 1) one pillar represents factors and variables within
the individual that influence career development such as needs, aptitudes, interests and
achievements
2) Other pillar includes external factors such as family, community, and labor market.
Top of each arch - ANSWER between 2 pillars is the self of the individual
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HENSIVE EXAM|QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLU-
TIONS|GRADED A+|PASS ON FIRST ATTEMPT|BRAND NEW
2026/2027 UPDATE!!!!!
5 influential career theories of today - ANSWER 1) Donald Super
2) John Holland
3) Linda Gottfredson
4) John Krumboltz
5) Mark Savickas
Actuarial theory - ANSWER Structure of individual - needs, traits, interests - examples:
trait-factor and needs based
Developmental career theory - ANSWER career development as occurring over time, usu-
ally through stages - example: self-concept and need
Donald Super - ANSWER Developmental approach to career - labeled himself as differen-
tial developmental social phenomenological psychologist -
Developmental approach to careers - ANSWER Donald Super - characterized as life span,
life space
Early Super - ANSWER 1940s - 1960s - included vocational development stages and voca-
tional development tasks
Vocational development stages - ANSWER a. growth (birth to 14-15)
b. exploratory (15-24)
c. establishment (25-44)
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, d. maintenance (45-64)
e. decline (65+) later changed to decline to disengagement
Vocational development tasks - ANSWER a. crystallization (ages 14-18)
b. specification (18-21)
c. Implementation (21-24)
d. stabilization (24-35
e. consolidation (35+)
Career maturity - ANSWER later renamed it career adaptability
Later Super - 1970s - ANSWER Super viewed career development as more holistic
9 major roles we play in life - ANSWER child, student, citizen, spouse, homemaker, par-
ent, worker, leisurite and pensioner
4 theaters where roles are played out - ANSWER home, community, school, and work-
place
Archway Model - ANSWER Super developed - many determinants that comprise one's
self-concept
Pillars of Archway model - ANSWER 1) one pillar represents factors and variables within
the individual that influence career development such as needs, aptitudes, interests and
achievements
2) Other pillar includes external factors such as family, community, and labor market.
Top of each arch - ANSWER between 2 pillars is the self of the individual
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