NCE Exam: Lifestyle and Career Development

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. Which ethnic group has the highest % of Bachelor's degrees? - Correct Answer- Asians followed by Caucasians, African Americans, and Hispanics Leisure time - Correct Answer-is time away from work where the individual has freedom to choice what he/she would like to do. Career is sometimes defined as - Correct Answer-the total work one does in a lifetime plus leisure. Avocation - Correct Answer-A leisure activity one engages in for pleasure rather than money. Dual-career families - Correct Answer-have less leisure time than single-career families. (Note the up-and-coming specialty, "leisure counseling") Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Correct Answer-states women should have equal work opportunities and equal job p