Deck 11: Vocational Interests

Question 1

Which of Holland's (1966)interest dimensions corresponds most closely to the "Things" interests of Prediger's (1982)model?

A)Realistic
B)Enterprising
C)Investigative
D)Artistic
E)Conventional

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which two of Holland's (1966)interest dimensions are associated (1)with interests in law and politics and (2)with interests in life sciences and medicine?

A)Social and Realistic
B)Enterprising and Investigative
C)Conventional and Investigative
D)Artistic and Realistic
E)Enterprising and Conventional

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the interest dimensions identified by Holland (1966)has been found to be largely unrelated to any of the Big Five personality factors but negatively related to the HEXACO Emotionality factor?

A)Social
B)Enterprising
C)Conventional
D)Realistic
E)Investigative

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following patterns of sex differences is NOT generally observed in research on vocational interests?

A)On average,men are more interested than women in mechanical occupations.
B)On average,men are more interested than women in military-like occupations.
C)On average,women are more interested than men in child-development occupations.
D)On average,women are more interested than men in aesthetic- or fashion-related occupations.
E)None of the above;all of these patterns are observed.

Question 5

Which of the following problems can apply to the use of forced-choice items in vocational interest surveys?

A)If the same two kinds of activities are repeatedly matched with each other within items,this will prevent respondents from obtaining high scores in both.
B)Because people differ in their overall tendency to indicate high levels of liking for activities,some people will seem to be interested in everything and others in nothing.
C)Because the task of comparing activities requires some additional thinking,forced-choice items require more time to complete.
D)A and B

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT likely to limit the criterion validity of vocational interest surveys?

A)Job performance is influenced by work ethic and by ability,not just by interest in the work.
B)Job satisfaction is also influenced by pay and benefits and by supervisor and co-workers,not just by interest in the work.
C)Most workers who are really dissatisfied with their job will leave that job,thereby reducing the variation in job satisfaction.
D)Most workers who are really incompetent at their job will leave that job,thereby reducing the variation in job performance.
E)None of the above;all of these factors could limit criterion validity.

Question 7

A full-length vocational interest survey is likely to report a respondent's scores for which of the following kinds of scales?
1)Scales measuring interest in areas of work,as constructed using the empirical approach
2)Scales measuring interest in areas of work,as constructed using the rational approach
3)Scales measuring similarity to workers in specific occupations,as constructed using the empirical approach
4)Scales measuring similarity to workers in specific occupations,as constructed using the rational approach

A)2 only
B)4 only
C)1 and 4
D)2 and 3
E)2 and 4

Question 8

Based on the reviews by Hough et al. (2001)and Van Iddekinge et al. (2011),which of the following statements about the criterion validity of vocational interest surveys can be considered correct?

A)Vocational interest surveys have strong validity in predicting job satisfaction but no validity in predicting job performance.
B)Vocational interest surveys have no validity in predicting job satisfaction but strong validity in predicting job performance.
C)Vocational interest surveys have strong validity in predicting both job satisfaction and job performance.
D)Vocational interest surveys have modest validity in predicting both job satisfaction and job performance.
E)Vocational interest surveys have no validity in predicting either job satisfaction or job performance.

Question 9

Which of the following statements about the relations between interests and abilities (in corresponding areas of work)can be considered accurate?

A)Interests are strongly related to self-perceived abilities,and equally strongly related to measured abilities.
B)Interests are strongly related to self-perceived abilities,and weakly (but still positively)related to measured abilities.
C)Interests are strongly related to self-perceived abilities,and essentially unrelated to measured abilities.
D)Interests are weakly (but still positively)related to self-perceived abilities,and weakly (but still positively)related to measured abilities.
E)Interests are weakly (but still positively)related to self-perceived abilities,and essentially unrelated to measured abilities.

Question 10

Which of the following statements best describes the degree of stability (across a period of several years)in people's vocational interests during adolescence and adulthood?

A)Very low during adolescence,but very high during adulthood.
B)Fairly high during adolescence,and somewhat higher during adulthood.
C)Fairly high during adolescence,but somewhat lower during adulthood.
D)Very low during adolescence and during adulthood.
E)Very high during adolescence and during adulthood.

Question 11

Which two of Holland's (1966)interest dimensions are generally found to be associated with high levels of Openness to Experience?

A)Enterprising and Investigative
B)Artistic and Investigative
C)Artistic and Social
D)Enterprising and Realistic
E)Conventional and Social

Question 12

According to the findings of Lykken et al. (1993),the heritability of vocational interests is close to which value,on average?

A).00
B).15
C).30
D).50
E).80