Exam 2: Trait and Factor, Developmental, Learning, and Cognitive Theories

In the values-based career approach, the individual/work congruence is a value- based fit that is reached when the structure of an individual's values matches the value structure of the work environment.

Match the following: -Ecological Perspective

Which of the following is not one of Holland's six types?

According to Gottfredson's theory, as children proceed through orientations, they "circumscribe" an occupational space, referred to as a zone of acceptable alternatives.

Super assumed that an individual's career choice was not merely the result of matching his or her abilities and interests to the world of work, but that it was an expression of his or her self-concept.

The focus of Holland's theory has been on how or why personality orientations develop, rather than on why career choice occurs and the outcome of that choice.

According to TWA, one's adjustment behaviors include all except one of the following:

Dawis and Lofquist (1984) define Status (a reinforcement value) as including the needs of Achievement, Appeal, Authority, and Social Status.

Trait and factor consists of (a) group knowledge, including interests, abilities, and skills; (b) knowledge of the group; and (c) logical or reasoned matching of the individual's traits to the group.

According to Holland's theory, consistency is the relatedness of a person's top three letters, or the degree to which the first two primary types are similar.

According to Holland's theory, there are five kinds of environments: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, and Conventional.

Congruence is the level of closeness between an individual's type code and a particular work environment.

Match the following: -Psychodynamic Approaches

Work adjustment is also indicated by the perceptions of the individual's produc- tivity and efficiency as held by the supervisor and others in the work environment (i.e., the individual's satisfactoriness).

Match the following: -SCCT (c)