Deck 9: Late Adolescent and Adult Career Development

Question 1

After work, Jennie spends much of her time doing volunteer work in a mission, helping to care for the homeless. Which of Super's life roles describes these activities?

A) community service
B) home and family
C) studying
D) working

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of Super's life roles?

A) community service
B) conventional
C) studying
D) working

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Karen is a college senior who plans to be an electrical engineer. She is now interviewing with potential employers to decide where she might like to work. According to Super, she is currently in this substage:

A) crystallizing
B) holding
C) specifying
D) updating

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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?

A) He doesn't like working or physical activity.
B) He is not knowledgeable about or committed to working.
C) He participates in leisure activities rather than studying.
D) His parents have been unable to discipline him.

Question 5

Alfred has been an auto mechanic for two years. At first, he enjoyed his work, but now he is not sure. However, he comes to work each day. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best describes him?

A) commitment
B) knowledge
C) participation
D) values expectation

Question 6

Lorna is a college senior who regrets the fact that she has majored in philosophy. She is not sure, but believes she would like to study geography or possibly demography. According to Super, she is currently in this substage:

A) crystallizing
B) implementing
C) specifying
D) stabilizing

Question 7

Which term did Super use to describe the five major life stages?

A) lifecycle
B) maxicycle
C) minicycle
D) recycling

Question 8

Isabelle is depressed and stays in bed all day rather than making sales calls on her customers. She says she should go to work but doesn't. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best describes her? Lack of

A) commitment
B) knowledge
C) participation
D) values expectation

Question 9

Which of Super's life roles is emphasized by general trait and factor theory?

A) community service
B) home and family
C) leisure activities
D) studying
E) working

Question 10

Brenda wants to be a soil analyst. She is single and has found a job 2,000 miles away from her home. She decides to take it because she feels she has no one else to care of besides herself. According to Arnett, she is in this stage:

A) age of instability.
B) age of identity.
C) age of feeling in-between.
D) self-focused stage.

Question 11

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?

A) commitment
B) knowledge
C) participation
D) values expectation

Question 12

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?

A) commitment
B) knowledge
C) participation
D) values expectation

Question 13

Growth and changes that take place within one of Super's five stages of adult development are referred to as

A) lifecycle
B) maxicycle
C) minicycle
D) recycling

Question 14

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:

A) advancing
B) crystallizing
C) specifying
D) stabilizing

Question 15

John is a high school senior who is not sure what he wants to do. He is considering business careers and is learning some of the skills that are required for a variety of business careers. According to Super, he is currently in this substage:

A) crystallizing
B) implementing
C) specifying
D) stabilizing

Question 16

Which of these is NOT one of Super's life roles?

A) community service
B) investing
C) studying
D) working

Question 17

Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles most closely fits significant assessment aspects of work adjustment theory?

A) commitment
B) knowledge
C) participation
D) values expectation

Question 18

Grace is 13 and has learned a lot about skateboarding. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best describes her?

A) commitment
B) knowledge
C) participation
D) values expectation

Question 19

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:

A) consolidating
B) curiosity
C) implementing
D) stabilizing

Question 20

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:

A) crystallizing
B) implementing
C) specifying
D) stabilizing

Question 21

Linda has been a dental assistant for six months. Now she plans to take a job as a pharmaceutical sales person. This is her fourth job in three years. According to Arnett, she is in this stage:

A) age of instability.
B) age of identity.
C) age of feeling in-between.
D) age of possibilities.

Question 22

Monica, an African American female, tends to look down on herself and other African Americans while admiring white Americans. According to Atkinson, Morten, and Sue, Monica is in this stage of minority development:

A) conformity
B) resistance and immersion
C) introspection
D) synergetic articulation and awareness

Question 23

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:

A) decelerating
B) holding
C) innovating
D) updating

Question 24

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:

A) conformity
B) resistance and immersion
C) introspection
D) synergetic articulation and awareness

Question 25

Claire looks forward to attending an annual conference on psychiatric nursing in Atlanta. According to Super, she is currently in this substage:

A) decelerating
B) holding
C) specifying
D) updating

Question 26

Lulu finds her job as a chemical engineer much more difficult than she thought. As a result, even after five years at work, she continues to work hard to keep up with the job demands. According to Super, she is currently in this substage:

A) decelerating
B) holding
C) innovating
D) specifying

Question 27

Which of these is NOT a feature of Super's Career Development Assessment and Counseling (C-DAC) system?

A) designed for culturally diverse populations
B) has developmental features
C) has a focus on interests
D) is designed for retirees

Question 28

Janet has been an assistant manager in men's sportswear in a large department store. A position as manager has opened up in another department. Janet is interested in the position and is showing her supervisor that she can do the work. According to Super, she is currently in this substage:

A) advancing
B) holding
C) specifying
D) stabilizing

Question 29

Mindy has been an elementary school teacher for 16 years. She has now decided to go to law school. Mindy is now

A) decelerating.
B) holding.
C) innovating.
D) recycling.

Question 30

Hakim no longer wishes to be an accountant. Instead, he wants to devote full time to his art work. He has now decided to go to law school. Hakim is now

A) decelerating.
B) holding.
C) innovating.
D) recycling.

Question 31

After two years as an insurance adjustor, Clarence has just been promoted to an assistant supervisory position. Although he could care less about the promotion, Clarence is able to master his new responsibilities quite well. According to Super, he is currently in this substage:

A) advancing
B) consolidating
C) specifying
D) stabilizing

Question 32

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:

A) decelerating
B) holding
C) innovating
D) specifying

Question 33

Although Lars has been teaching history in high school for over 35 years, he still finds ways to use television and computers in new ways to teach history to his students. According to Super, he is currently in this substage:

A) decelerating
B) holding
C) innovating
D) stabilizing

Question 34

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:

A) conformity
B) resistance and immersion
C) introspection
D) synergetic articulation and awareness

Question 35

Which of these models is the most comprehensive approach to career counseling?

A) Holland's typology approach
B) Myers-Briggs Type theory
C) social cognitive career theory
D) Super's Career-Development Assessment and Counseling (C-DAC)

Question 36

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:

A) age of instability.
B) age of identity.
C) age of feeling in-between.
D) age of possibilities.

Question 37

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:

A) decelerating
B) holding
C) innovating
D) updating

Question 38

Carson has been working as a retail store manager for five years. Now, at the age of 28, he is considering quitting his job and going to law school. According to Arnett, he is in this stage:

A) age of instability.
B) age of identity.
C) age of feeling in-between.
D) age of possibilities.

Question 39

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:

A) decelerating
B) holding
C) innovating
D) updating

Question 40

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:

A) decelerating
B) holding
C) innovating
D) updating

Question 41

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

A) Holland.
B) Jung.
C) Parsons.
D) Super.

Question 42

When counselors help women get child care so that they can work, they are using an approach most similar to this perspective.

A) decelerating
B) ecological
C) Holland's
D) updating

Question 43

Attention to cultural, political, and educational factors is most consistent with this perspective

A) Super's
B) ecological
C) Myers-Briggs
D) work adjustment theory