PSY 627

QUIZ CH 8-9

1. Sharon has decided to major in animal science and plans to be a veterinarian. Sharon is in which
one of Marcia’s stages? ​Achievement
2. Which of the following statements is most accurate? ​ ​Gender-role stereotyping is common
among adolescents and children.
3. According to Super, children at the age of 7 to 10 are most likely to base career choices on
interests
4. Eric is not sure he knows what he wants to do when he graduates high school. He feels this is an
unimportant issue that only his parents are concerned about. Eric is in which one of Marcia’s
stages?​ ​Diffusion
5. Amy is concerned about the effect that global warming is having on living things. Amy is most
likely in which of these stages of Super’s theory of career development?​ ​Values
6. Tara is a tenth grader who actively reads career information and asks her parent’s friends about
their career. This behavior is best described by Super's concept of​ ​Career exploration.
7. Vonda wants to take a year off between high school and college to clear her mind. Vonda is in
which one of Marcia’s stages? ​ ​Career exploration.
8. Howard is a 15 year-old sophomore in high school. He has no idea what he wants to do when he
graduates from high school. According to Super, the counselor should first assess his
_____________ before starting counseling. ​ ​career maturity
9. Helga has a good idea of why people change jobs and how they get important information about
jobs. Helga's thinking is best described by Super's concept of ​World-of-work information.
10. Kaylie has decided that she will be an engineer because her parents are engineers. She has not
thought much about other occupations. According to Marcia, she is in the stage. ​ ​Foreclosure
11. Dora says that her father will tell her what to do and she doesn't need to make career choices. Her
behavior is best described by Super's concept of ​Decision-making.
12. Jama says "I would like to be a foreign language teacher." This is an example of Super's concept
of ​ ​occtalk.
13. Which of Super's concepts of career maturity covers how much a student ​feels​ that he or she
knows? ​Career planning
14. Howard and Walsh’s level of systemic interaction is most similar to Vondracek or Marcia’s stage
of? ​ ​Achievement
15. Jamal has decided to major in economics and plans to go to business school, a career choice that
has depended on Jamal’s thoughtfulness. Jamal is in which one of Marcia’s stages?
Achievement
16. Vondracek’s developmental-contextual career theory focuses on identity and ​cultural or
environmental factors.
17. Harmon doesn't now how people find out about jobs or how they get occupational information.
Harmon's thinking is best described by Super's concept of​Co​World-of-work information​.
18. A child who considers becoming an actor after watching a movie is most likely in which one of
Super’s stages of career development. ​ ​Interests
19. Ervin, 11-years-old is considering work in the health care field. He is aware of some of his
academic and other skills, but he is still unsure of what field he may enter. According to Howard
and Walsh he would be at this level of vocational reasoning. ​internal processes and capacities.
20. Arthur very much wants to help disadvantaged youth and, in general, wants to help adolescents.
Arthur is most likely in which of these stages of Super’s theory of career development? ​ ​Values
21. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles most closely fits significant
assessment aspects of work adjustment theory? ​values expectation
22. Ivan has been a life insurance agent for 30 years. Recently, he has developed a new system of
networking with his customers that has led to the development of new accounts. According to
Super, he is currently in this substage: ​ ​innovating
23. Joan is a college senior who plans to work as an administrator in a community agency. However,
she is not sure which type of community agency she would like to work in. According to Super,
she is currently in this substage: ​implementing
24. Melville believes that religion is extremely important in his life and that it should be to others as
well. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best describes his belief?
values expectation
25. When counselors help women get child care so that they can work, they are using an approach
most similar to this perspective. ​ ​Ecological
26. Isaac is 15, a junior in high school. He doesn't do his home work instead he watches talk shows.
From the perspective of Super's life roles, which of the following sentences best describes this
scenario?​Correct!​He participates in leisure activities rather than studying.
27. Which of these is NOT a feature of Super’s Career Development Assessment and Counseling
(C-DAC) system?​ ​is designed for retirees
28. Mindy has been an elementary school teacher for 16 years. She has now decided to go to law
school. Mindy is now​ ​recycling.
29. Which of these models is the most comprehensive approach to career counseling? ​Super’s
Career-Development Assessment and Counseling (C-DAC)
30. Although Alice does not particularly like her job as a cashier, she has been concerned about the
fact that business has been slow and that there have been rumors of layoffs. As a result she has
been working much harder. According to Super, she is currently in this substage: ​holding
31. Gloria is a sophomore in college and plans to study hard the remainder of the year, in part,
because she skipped many of her classes and spent Thursday through Sunday drinking beer with
her friends. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best describes her
belief? ​ ​Commitment
32. Chauncy, an Asian American, thinks highly of himself and other Chinese Americans, but is angry
at and disrespectful of white Americans. According to Atkinson, Morten, and Sue, Leon is in this
stage of minority development:​resistance and immersion
33. Gladys has been a real estate agent for 20 years. She finds that she is less willing to work
evenings and weekends then she once was. As a result, her commissions have diminished slightly
in the past year. According to Super, she is currently in this substage​ ​ ​decelerating
34. Janice has just started a job as an emergency room physician. Although she has worked in
hospitals before in an emergency room, she is nervous about her responsibilities in her first full
time job. According to Super, she is currently in this substage:​stabilizing
35. Avery is a custodian in a large office building. He finds that after 25 years on the job, he loses
track of what he is doing and finds that he is avoiding the more physically demanding aspects of
the job. According to Super, he is currently in this substage: ​decelerating
36. Hal attends a one week workshop each year to learn about computers that are used in
automobiles. According to Super, he is currently in this substage: ​updating
37. James has just been laid off from his first job as a loan officer in a bank. He is taking this event
calmly as he feel that as he gets older things will get better. According to Arnett, he is in this
stage: ​age of possibilities.
38. Being aware of the implications of one's own life stage as it relates to that of the client is an
insight that is derived from the theoretical work of ​ ​Super.
39. Sam, a Native American, has developed a positive view of himself and other Native Americans as
well as those in the majority culture. According to Atkinson, Morten, and Sue, Sam is in this
stage of minority development: ​synergetic articulation and awareness
40. Len is a college sophomore, majoring in agricultural management. He is finding that he would
prefer livestock management to other types of farming. According to Super, he is currently in this
substage: ​implementing

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