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52 Cards in this Set
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What does it mean if a test is reliable?
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dependable and consistent
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What does it mean if a test is valid?
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it measures what it's supposed to measure
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The first career development theiroes to be described
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Trait and type theories
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Describe trait and factor theory
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assesses characteristics of people and characteristics of jobs. they are matched to help one select an occupation
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Describe work adjustment theory
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provides a framework for assessing an individual's needs and skills so that they can be matched with similar needs and skills required by a small group of different occupations.
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Describe Holland's typological theory
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describes six types of people and six types of environments...matches the person with the enviornment
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Describe Myers-Briggs type theory
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describes ways of perceiving and judging the world - matching an individual's style of judging and perciving with the styles of judging and percieving used by people employed in certain careers
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Who's views became the foundation for what is now called trait and factor theory?
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Frank Parsons (1909)
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Describe the term "trait"
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refers to a characteristic of an individual that can be measured through testing
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Describe the term "factor"
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refers to a characteristic that is required for successful job performance
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Parsons proposed that, to select an occupation, an individual ideally should have...
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a clear understanding of self,
a knowledge of the details in different lines of work, and true reasoning on the relations of these two groups of facts |
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trait and factory theory has also beeen called...
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Minnesota point of view and actuarial counseling
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the five basic traits and factors that can be assessed by testing and interviewing are...
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aptitudes, achievements, interests, values, and personality
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The different between achievement, ability, and aptitude tests
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achievement tests reveal how much one has learned, an ability test measures maximum performance and reveals the level of one's present ability to perform a task, an aptitude test reveals one's probable future level of ability to perform a task
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Name two aptitude tests
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SAT - College Board Scholastic Assessment Test
ACT - American College Testing Assessment Program: Academic Test |
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Name two general interest tests
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KCS - Kuder Career Search
COPS - California Occupational Preference Survey |
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Name two personality tests
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CPI - California Psychological Inventory
16 PF - Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire |
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Who is considered the founder (s) of work adjustment theory?
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Dawis and Lofquist
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Work adjustment theory consists of...
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18 propositions and corollaries
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Two major components of work adjustment theory
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satisfaction and satisfactoriness
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Describe the word "satisfaction"
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refers to being satisfied with the work that one does
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Describe the word "satisfactoriness"
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refers to the employer's satisfaction with the individual's performance
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Name a test that measures values and needs
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The Minnesota Importance Questionnaire
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Three steps of work adjustment theory
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step 1: assessing abilities, values, personality, and interests
step 2: measuring the requirements and conditions of occupations step 3: matching abilities, values, and reinforcers |
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Patterns that are sought by work adjustment theory?
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occupational ability patterns (what abilities are required for a vast variety of jobs) and occupational reinforcer patterns (assess how much an occupation reinforces the values of individuals)
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According to W.A.Theory, describe adjustment style
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refers to how an individual relates to the occupational environment
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According to W.A.Theory, Describe flexibility
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refers to the ability of an individual to tolerate unpleasant or difficult aspects of the job
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According to W.A.Theory, Describe activeness
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change the enviornment
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According to W.A.Theory, Describe reactiveness
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make a change in yourself
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According to W.A.Theory, Describe perserverance
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refers to how long an individual can tolerate adverse conditions before changing jobs
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Holland believes that career choice and adjustment represent...
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an extention of a person's personality
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According to Holland, describe stereotypes
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people's impressions and generalizations about work are generally accurate
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Two psychological inventories used in Holland's theory of types
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VPI - Vocational Preference Inventory
SDS - Self-Directed Search |
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Holland's six types
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realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional
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Describe Holland's realisic environment
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makes physical demands on the individual
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Describe Holland's investigative type
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searching for solutions using mathematical and scientific interests and competencies
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Describe Holland's artistic type
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free and open, encouraging creativity and personal expression
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Describe Holland's social type
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flexible and understanding of each other by helping or teaching
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Describe Holland's enterprising type
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manage and persuade others to attain organizational or personal goals
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Describe Holland's conventional type
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organization and planning
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Describe Holland's congruence
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refers to the relationship between the personality and the environment
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Describe Holland's differentiation
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the relationship between and relative importance of types
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Describe Holland's consistency
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the relationship of the types with each other
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Describe Holland's identity
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refers to the clarity and stability of a person's current and future goals
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The Myer's Briggs type theory is a psychological theory based on the work of...
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Carl Jung and was adapted by Katharine Briggs in the 1920's
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Four bipolar dimensions of Myers-Briggs type theory
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extraversion-introversion, sensing-intuition, thinking-feeling, judgement-perception
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Describe Myers-Briggs sensing
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a way of perceiving...taking in information by using visual and auditory processes
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Describe Myers-Briggs intuition
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a way of perceiving...taking in information using the unconscious
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Describe Myers-Briggs thinking
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a way of judging...refers to analyzing and being objective about an oberserved idea or event
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Describe Myers-Briggs feeling
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a way of judging...a subjective reaction, often related to one's own values
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Describe Myers-Briggs introversion
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refers to making perceptions and jugdments based on one's interests in his or her inner world
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Describe Myers-Briggs extraversion
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refers to using perceptions and judgments in the outer world
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