Deck 7: Career Development in Childhood

Question 1

According to Super, which one of these types of childhood behavior is most likely to negatively affect career maturity?

A) curiosity
B) disobedience
C) unruliness
D) withdrawal

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Burton is able to describe some of the duties of a nurse, according to Howard and Walsh, he is probably at this stage of vocational reasoning.

A) exploration
B) information
C) external activities
D) pure association

Answer 2

C

Question 3

According to Gottfredson, the orientation to social valuation when considering occupations is most likely to take place between the ages of

A) 6-8.
B) 9-13.
C) 14- 16.
D) 17-19.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Leon is 7 years old. Which of the following is MOST likely to be a key figure for Leon?

A) father
B) friend
C) younger sister
D) younger brother

Question 5

When Florence, an 8 year old second grade student, sees only male carpenters building the new house next door, she concludes that she could not become a carpenter because she is not male. According to Gottfredson, Florence is developing

A) a focus on prestige.
B) an inferiority complex.
C) concrete operations.
D) tolerable sex type boundaries.

Question 6

When 5-year- old Erin says she wants to be a doctor, her choice most likely represents _____________ according to Howard and Walsh.

A) interest
B) planfulness
C) magical thinking
D) external activities

Question 7

Fred is seven and would like to be a professional baseball player. He sees this as something that can happen quite soon. According to Super, he has yet to develop

A) external control.
B) planfulness.
C) problem solving.
D) time perspective.

Question 8

According to Super, a drive that is basic to the development of career exploration in children is

A) aggression.
B) curiosity.
C) self-actualization.
D) self-efficacy.

Question 9

The stage of industry verses inferiority is associated with the work of

A) Erikson.
B) Piaget.
C) Super.
D) Holland

Question 10

Fiona is in the second grade. Which of the following is least likely to be a key figure for her?

A) mother
B) professional athlete
C) teacher
D) younger sister

Question 11

Which of the following theories emphasizes a subjective rather than external view of the self?

A) Holland's theory
B) social learning theory
C) Super's developmental theory
D) work adjustment theory

Question 12

According to Super, the development of interests in children is an outgrowth of

A) career maturity.
B) exploration.
C) problem solving.
D) time perspective.

Question 13

When 5 year old Alicia says that she wants to be a nurse because she likes the white uniform, she is probably at this stage of Howard and Walsh's vocational reasoning:

A) interests.
B) time perspective.
C) magical thinking
D) external activities.

Question 14

Using Super's theory, one of the best ways for elementary guidance counselors to work on career development issues with six year old children is to encourage

A) curiosity.
B) planfulness.
C) problem solving.
D) time perspective.

Question 15

The central concept in Super's developmental theory is

A) education.
B) personality.
C) self-concept.
D) work adjustment.

Question 16

As Glenda, an 8 year old second grade student thinks about occupations she is, according to Gottfredson, most likely to be influenced by orientation to

A) concrete operations.
B) size and power.
C) gender roles.
D) social valuation.

Question 17

Gottfredson presents a theory of self creation that relies on an in depth view of.

A) attitudes
B) biological factors
C) self concept
D) values

Question 18

The concept of developmental change throughout life is associated with one of these theories.

A) Holland's theory
B) Myers-Briggs type theory
C) Super's developmental theory
D) work adjustment theory

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT one of Gottfredson's stages of career development?

A) concrete operations
B) focus on prestige
C) orientation to size and power
D) orientation to sex roles

Question 20

According to Howard and Walsh, which of the following is the first level of vocational reasoning?

A) interest
B) pure association
C) magical thinking
D) external activities

Question 21

Seeking out niches throughout one's life is a concept associated with

A) Gottfredson
B) Howard and Walsh
C) Super
D) Vondracek

Question 22

According to Gottfredson, life settings and roles that individuals occupy are called

A) concepts.
B) environments.
C) niches.
D) traits.

Question 23

Which of the following theorists describes in detail how biological factors influence career development?

A) Erikson
B) Gottfredson
C) Holland
D) Super

Question 24

Ten year old Gloria wants to be a nurse anesthetist like her mother. Gottfredson would suggest that her counselor should have Gloria

A) be active in seeking occupational information.
B) take an interest inventory.
C) increase her level of extraversion.
D) increase her level of vocational maturity.

Question 25

School-to-work programs can be related to career development theories.

A) no
B) Super's
C) Myers-Briggs
D) work adjustment

Question 26

In deciding to be an elementary school teacher rather than a neurosurgeon, Georgia gave up her interests first, then her desire for prestige, and third her gender preference for an occupation. This scenario is best described by Gottfredson's concept of

A) career maturity.
B) circumscription.
C) compromise.
D) tolerable sex boundaries.

Question 27

Gottfredson predicts that April's career decisions will be influenced by considerations of an orientation to her unique self from age 14 onward. This concept is called

A) career maturity.
B) circumscription.
C) compromise.
D) tolerable sex boundaries.

Question 28

Zakia is 16 and decides not to go to medical school because she is getting a C in biology. Which of the following of Gottfredson's concepts apply to her decision?

A) circumscription
B) compromise
C) life niche
D) social niche

Question 29

School-to-work education refers to education that takes place

A) at home.
B) in the classroom.
C) in the guidance office.
D) in the gym.

Question 30

Gottfredson has developed the concept of niche. Which of these is an inappropriate use of the term niche?

A) birth niche
B) conventional niche
C) life niche
D) social niche

Question 31

Gottfredson relies on a theory that explains the process of children's learning which includes biological and social factors that is called

A) gene-drives-experience theory.
B) socialization theory.
C) trait and factor theory.
D) work adjustment theory.

Question 32

Gottfredson predicts that Iris's career decisions will be influenced by gender role considerations from the age of 6 onward. This concept is called

A) career maturity.
B) circumscription.
C) compromise.
D) niche

Question 33

Which of the following is not a good example of a school-to-work activity?

A) game-like activities
B) interest centers in the classroom
C) aptitude test
D) writing a skit using occupational terms.

Question 34

Which of the following activities is LEAST likely to be used in career education of third graders?

A) administration of the Self Directed Search
B) bringing in a guest speaker from the community
C) career films
D) writing a skit using occupational terms