Holland Types
Holland
Key Concepts
Inventories
Holland Extra
100
This type of person usually has leadership and speaking abilities, are interested in money and politics, and like to influence people.
What is Enterprising?
100
A geometric design used to describe Holland's theory.
What is a Hexagon?
100
The degree of similarity between a person’s first two Holland code letters.
What is Consistency?
100
This is the most widely used career interest inventory in the world.
What is the SDS?
100
Described as conforming, conscientious, careful, efficient, and orderly.
What is Conventional?
200
Likes occupations such as: mechanical engineers, landscape gardener or safety inspector.
What is Realistic?
200
Artistic, Enterprising,Social
What is AES?
200
The number of personality types that make up Holland's theory.
What are 6?
200
This psychological inventory consists of 160 occupational titles.
What is the VPI?
200
Holland's theory is based on this number of assumptions.
What is 4?
300
They usually have artistic skills, enjoy creating original work and have good imaginations.
What is Artistic?
300
Holland's first name.
What is John?
300
The relationship within and between types or environments can be ordered according to a hexagonal model showing distance between them.
What is Calculus?
300
This handbook has 270 occupations, covering about 90% of all workers.
What is the Occupational Outlook Handbook?
300
Holland believed that a persons behavior is determined by an interaction between their personality and this.
What is environment?
400
They usually enjoy scientific activities, like to work alone and typically like to explore and understand things or events rather than to persuade others or sell things.
What is Investigative?
400
Holland's original 1959 name for the Investigative type.
What is Intellectual?
400
"Birds of a feather flock together" can best describe this concept.
What is Congruence?
400
This inventory is similar to vocational counseling.
What is the SDS?
400
It takes this many letters to make up a Holland Code
What is 3?
500
A speech therapist, teacher, and counselor are most likely described this way.
What is Social?
500
The RIASEC theory states that people search for work environments similar to this.
What is their personalities?
500
The degree to which an individual or environment can be clearly defined in line with a specific personality type.
What is Differentiation?
500
Respondents choose either “ like ” or “dislike ” to each of the occupations.
What is the VPI?
500
Easy to understand and too simplistic
What are strengths and limitations of the theory?
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