COPY: Defining Career: Conceptual Evolution

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What is the focus of chapter 7?

Career counselling and psychotherapy (correct)

Career choice and poverty

Career decision-making

Career development theories

Which career decision-making model was developed by Gati?

Social constructionist model

PIC model

Expected utility model

Sequential elimination model (correct)

Who are the authors of chapter 8?

Justin C. and Graham B. Stead

Graham B. Stead and Mark B. Watson (correct)

Subich and Justin C.

Mark B. Watson and Subich

What is the main topic of chapter 9?

Career choice and poverty Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the taxonomy developed by Gati et al.?

Taxonomy of career decision-making difficulties Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of section 7.5.1?

Social constructionist and constructivist counselling approaches Signup and view all the answers

Who published career theories that have become milestones in career psychology?

Ginzberg, Roe and Super Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a contribution of the theoretical perspectives in career psychology?

Creating employment opportunities for disenfranchised groups Signup and view all the answers

What is a limitation of the traditional career psychology worldview?

It is based on a Eurocentric perspective Signup and view all the answers

What is a necessary condition for vocational choice to occur, according to Crites (1969)?

The individual must possess alternative career options from which to choose Signup and view all the answers

What did the apartheid legislation and consequential racially segregated and regulated social and labour structures in South Africa prior to 1994 undermine?

The ability of disenfranchised groups to utilise social and economic resources Signup and view all the answers

Who provided a critique of the Eurocentric assumptions of traditional career psychology?

Cook, Heppner, and O'Brien Signup and view all the answers

What is a contribution of the theoretical perspectives in career psychology to career guidance programmes?

Generating assessment measures and research outcomes Signup and view all the answers

Who further elucidated the career development and/or occupational choice process?

Holland, Tiedeman, Krumboltz, and Bordin Signup and view all the answers

What are the three steps of career counselling outlined by Parsons in 1909?

A clear understanding of the worker's self, knowledge of task requirements, and reasoning on the relations between the two Signup and view all the answers

What sparked a national interest in career guidance according to Sharf (2013)?

Parsons' conceptual framework Signup and view all the answers

What was the focus of differential psychology?

Identifying personality traits through scientific measurement Signup and view all the answers

What led to the development of intelligence tests, vocational tests, and personality inventories?

The advent of differential psychology and the psychometric movement Signup and view all the answers

What did Super, Crites, Hummel, Mosher, Overstreet, and Warnath (1957) consider a career to be?

A sequence of occupations, jobs, and positions throughout a person's working life Signup and view all the answers

What provided the impetus for economic and efficient ways to assess, select, and train large numbers of personnel?

Both World Wars Signup and view all the answers

What stimulated the growth of applied psychology and contributed to the growth of the measurement movement?

The need to provide educational planning and vocational guidance to servicemen re-entering civilian life Signup and view all the answers

Who argued for using the term 'work' instead of 'career'?

Richardson (2012) Signup and view all the answers

What decade saw the flourishing of new conceptualisations about career development and occupational choice?

1950s Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of this book according to the editors?

To provide direction for counsellors, educationists, organisational psychologists, and researchers Signup and view all the answers

What is the suggested definition of 'career' in this book?

The meaning of work-related experiences in relation to an individual's life roles across their lifespan Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote about the development of career guidance and its significance?

Sharf Signup and view all the answers

Why did the editors decide to retain the term 'career'?

Because it has a long history in this field and its continued usage Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of South African career researchers according to the editors?

To look ahead and forge a career psychology that employs appropriate ideas from other countries and the African continent Signup and view all the answers

Who is the target audience for this book?

Counsellors, educationists, organisational psychologists, and researchers Signup and view all the answers

What is the challenge faced by South African career researchers?

The relatively small number of career practitioners and researchers in the field Signup and view all the answers

In 1935, how many times more did white people earn than black people in the mines?

What was the main purpose of the Civilised Labour Policy intervention?

To address the poor white problem Signup and view all the answers

What was the result of the nationalization of enterprises such as the railways?

Preferential dispensation to less-skilled white people Signup and view all the answers

Between 1924 and 1933, what was the result of the policy of white affirmative action in the South African Railways?

The number of white people employed increased from 4 760 to 17 783 Signup and view all the answers

What was the result of the policy of restricted access to education for black people?

Few black people emerged as successful matriculants Signup and view all the answers

What happened to the first black member of the student representative council (SRC) in 1944?

He was barred from the official SRC photograph Signup and view all the answers

In which year was the Act limiting access of black people to 'white' universities introduced?

1959 Signup and view all the answers

What was the restriction placed on the black medical student who qualified in 1944?

He was not allowed to draw blood from white patients Signup and view all the answers