Deck 4: Integrating Career and Personal Counseling

Question 1

Identify an early supporter of integrating career and personal concerns who suggested a blending of career and personal concerns that are to be addressed by career counselors and viewed as occupational mental health. ​

A)Ginzberg
B)Osipow
C)Super
D)Crites

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Does a client presenting with antisocial behavior meet the criteria for a full-blown psychological disorder? ​

A)Sometimes, not always
B)Never
C)Always
D)None of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Davidson and Gilbert propose that counselors recognize the personal and contextual realities that clients bring to counseling and suggest that career is seen as a _________.

A) ​c ounseling belief
B) ​p ersonal identity
C) ​c ultural identity
D) ​p ersonal problem

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which statement is NOT true of career and personal counseling? ​

A)It is sometimes best to delay career counseling until some or most personal problems are moderated
B)Career and personal counseling are not interconnected
C)Career and personal counseling can take place simultaneously
D)Career and personal counseling are interconnected

Question 5

In which category would one place distorted beliefs, poor self-concept, chemical imbalances and perceptions of isolation from peers?

A)Social vulnerability
B)Biological vulnerability
C)Cognitive-behavioral vulnerability
D)Psychological vulnerability

Question 6

The affective domain includes concerns regarding: ​

A) ​f aulty thinking, inappropriate behavior, maladaptive behavior, poor information processing skills.
B) ​p oor adjustment to the dominant cultural values, lack of job skills, effects of discrimination and oppression, relating to others.
C) ​e motional instability, panic attacks, poor self-esteem, feelings of inferiority, helplessness.
D) i ndecisiveness, deficiencies in basic skills, poor work identity.

Question 7

When does the development of personality dimensions typically begin?

A)Early childhood
B)Teenage years
C)Late childhood
D)Young adult years

Question 8

An anxiety disorder can be treated with a progressive muscle relaxation technique, referred to as: ​

A) ​m uscle relaxation desensitization.
B) s ystematic desensitizing.
C) ​s ystemic muscle relaxation.
D) ​s ystemic desensitization.

Question 9

How is behavior now viewed?

A)Singlefaceted
B)Two-dimensional
C)One-dimensional
D)Multidimensional and multifaceted

Question 10

The following are examples of career-related problems that can affect life roles EXCEPT:

A) ​w ork maladjustment.
B) ​c hanging work requirements.
C) ​c areer transitions.
D) u ntidy desks.

Question 11

The four domains within which the interrelationships of a client may be conceptualized or observed are: ​

A) ​c areer, biological, affective cognitive.
B) c areer, social, behavioral and affective.
C) ​c areer, affective, cognitive-behavioral and cultural.
D) ​c areer, cognitive, social and biological.

Question 12

The scientific method of determining influences that drive behavior is known as: ​

A)Integrative approach
B)Need approach
C)Behavioral approach
D)Multiple approach

Question 13

Personality disorders that have developed over time: ​

A)Successful treatment is most difficult
B)Can be successfully treated during the career choice process
C)Are treated after diagnosis using at least two to three interventions
D)Are not a major concern for career counselors

Question 14

Which one of the following statements about human behavior is most significant for integrating career and personal concerns? ​

A)Human behavior is multidimensional
B)Human behavior is strictly a sociological matter
C)Human behavior needs to be reinforced
D)Human behavior is one-dimensional

Question 15

According to Kail and Cavanaugh (2010) what may be considered one of the influential driving forces of human development?

A)Social support
B)Social contributions
C)Life course events
D)Self-esteem

Question 16

What is the most effective mind-set when using a holistic approach to career counseling?

A)The concept of a narrow focus on career choice is preferable
B)The counselor needs to view the client from a total person perspective
C)It is not necessary to look at the interrelationship between career and personal problems
D)The client requires to focus on career and personal counseling separately

Question 17

Over time, counselors have discovered that the need for integrating career and personal concerns has been highlighted by which of the following? ​

A)The growing complexity of the job market
B)Globalization has been responsible for job loss in this country
C)The discovery of more psychological disorders
D)Personal problems in multiple life roles over the life span

Question 18

A recently widowed homemaker has come to your office to help her identify what career paths she should consider. She states that she needs to find a job that makes enough money to support herself and her two children. Identify questions, hypotheses and strategies for addressing this client from a "whole person" perspective.

Question 19

What is role does self-concept play in the career choice process?

Question 20

Evaluation according to what standard assessment instruments may be used to assess career readiness in a client? ​

A)Career Maturity Inventory - Revised
B)My Vocational Situation
C)My Career Inventory
D) ​A and B

Question 21

The culture domain includes concerns regarding:

A) ​p oor adjustment to the dominant cultural values, lack of job skills, effects of discrimination and oppression, relating to others
B) ​f aulty thinking, inappropriate behavior, maladaptive behavior, poor information processing skills
C) ​i ndecisiveness, deficiencies in basic skills, poor work identity
D) ​e motional instability, panic attacks, poor self-esteem, feelings of inferiority and helplessness

Question 22

Career counseling models favoring an integrative approach include which of the following?

A)Technical eclecticism involving valid techniques from different approaches to address personal concerns
B)Career counseling techniques from career development theories that provide consistency of procedures
C)None of the above
D) ​A and B

Question 23

The interaction of which three domains could elicit an anxiety response in a stressful situation?

A)Psychological, psychosomatic, physical
B)Biological, psychological, social
C)Biological, physical, cultural
D)Sociological, psychological, cultural

Question 24

In 1993, who suggested, in relation to integrating career and personal counseling, that "there are two kinds of counseling, situational and personal, and they are not dichotomous but rather a continuum"?

A)Davidson and Gilbert
B)Super
C)Krumboltz
D)Betz and Corning

Question 25

A stressful life event can affect the career choice process primarily through: ​

A)Social reactions
B)Psychological reactions
C)Biological reactions
D)Biopsychosocial interactions

Question 26

Define the holistic approach and its rationale.

Question 27

The contributions of cognitive science and neuroscience have underscored which factors as being the major forces that drive behavior?

A)The interplay of biological, psychological and social influences
B)Thought processes
C)The interplay of social and entertainment influences
D)The relationship specifically between biological and psychological issues

Question 28

What concerns have been recognized as presenting potential problems for clients who are engaged in the initial career choice process, choices that follow, as well as personal interactions in the workplace and performance ability? ​

A)Mental health concerns
B)Cultural concerns
C)Personal concerns
D)Public concerns

Question 29

What are some strategies for developing a holistic approach to career and personal counseling?

Question 30

Define Irv's four domains and explain the strategies unique to each domain.

Question 31

Briefly discuss how the four domains-career, affective, cognitive-behavioral, and culture-are to be used in a counseling approach that integrates career and personal concerns. ​

Question 32

Trait-oriented counseling, developmental counseling, social learning and cognitive counseling, and person-in-environment counseling are counseling strategies relating to which domain? ​

A)Culture
B)Affective
C)Cognitive-behavioral
D)Career

Question 33

Identify potential presenting problems that might emerge from career concerns.

Question 34

The major influences that drive behavior are: ​

A)Biological influences
B)Biological and psychological influences
C)Biological, psychological, and social/cultural influences
D)Psychological and social/cultural influences

Question 35

What is the integrated approach to psychotherapy? ​

Question 36

Present examples of client problems in each of the four domains-career, affective, cognitive-behavioral, and culture. ​

Question 37

Behavioral counseling, cognitive restructuring, rational-emotive therapy, reality therapy and Beck's cognitive therapy are examples of what type of counseling strategy?

A)Cognitive-behavioral
B)Career
C)Affective
D)Culture

Question 38

How can a client address anxiety disorder with systematic desensitization?

Question 39

Which of the following statements can be the most effective rationale for integrating career and personal concerns? ​

A)Barriers that interfere with career choice and development need to be eliminated
B)Work is a central component of one's life  and job availability is often limited
C)Career counseling is very inclusive and a lot of tests are used
D)The need for career counseling is continuous over the life spanv

Question 40

The name of the model of development viewing behavior as being influenced by multidimensional forces is:

A) biopsychosocial model.
B) ​b iophysic model.
C) ​s ociocultural model.
D) ​p sychosocial model.

Question 41

What is the name of the domain that focuses on cognitions and cognitive schemas that influence behavioral reactions? ​

A)Cognitive-behavioral
B)Behavioral
C)Psychological
D)Cognitive

Question 42

Which of the following is thought to be a major contributing factor to the viewpoint that career and personal counseling are distinct and separate entities? ​

A)Personal counseling requires more training than career counseling
B)Counselors are to choose between being personal or career counselors
C)All career counselors do is administer tests and help someone find a job
D)Different training courses and certification of counselors

Question 43

Briefly discuss the rationale for selecting the biopsychosocial model to observe behavior for an integrative approach to career counseling. ​

Question 44

Agree or disagree with the following statement and give reasons for your opinion:  "Counselors, therefore, are guided not by a single theoretical orientation but rather choose strategies from theoretical constructs that can best serve the client."

Question 45

What are some examples of the interrelationship among personal and career concerns that were highlighted in the various career counseling models?

Question 46

Which of the career theorists can be best identified with the statements "personal problems cannot be separated from career problems" and "belief systems and interests are interrelated in the career counseling process"? ​

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

Question 47

Which approach is recommended for career counseling in the 21st century? ​

A)Person-centered
B)Cognitive-behavioral
C)Holistic
D)Psychodynamic

Question 48

Describe the biopsychosocial model.

Question 49

The scientific method of determining influences that drive behavior is labeled as a/an _____ approach.

A) ​i nclusive
B) ​i ntegrative
C) ​m ultidimensional
D) ​i solated