General
Theories
Theories 2
Assessments
Interventions
100

A lifelong process involving self-awareness, occupational exploration and career preparation.

What is career development.

100
Emphasizes the life span and life space within career development.
What is Super's life-span, life-space theory.
100

Emphasizes understanding how one's beliefs and behaviors influence career development.

What is the social cognitive career theory.

100

A less structured method of evaluating abilities, interests, personality, values, etc often using self-assessment.

What are informal assessments.

100

The final step in the career development program design.

What is revising based on evaluation.

200

Being unsure about career path and future jobs.

What is career uncertainty.

200

Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional (RIASEC)

John Holland's six personality types in the theory of career choice. 

200

Focuses on complexity and unpredictability within career development.

What is the chaos theory.
200

A group of 10-15 people selected to help identify needs of the total population.

What is a focus group.

200

Two types of evaluations for career planning programs.

What are formative and summative evaluations.

300

A formal relationship where a professional counselor assists a client or group of clients to cope more effectively with career concerns.

What is career counseling.

300

Social Service, Administration and Sales, Business Operations, Technical, Science and Technology, Arts

What are John Holland's six clusters of occupations.

300

Focuses on fostering hope and managing careers within a global context.

What is the hope-action theory.

300

A tool used in cognitive information processing approach to identify dysfunctional career thoughts.

What is the career thoughts inventory.

300
This identifies the specific needs of a target population.

What is a needs assessment.

400

Outsourcing jobs from one country to another.

What is globalization.

400

The theory that focuses on forming occupational aspirations in childhood and adolescence.

What is Linda Gottfredson's theory of circumscription, compromise and self-creation.

400

Personal theories people develop regarding people and events.

What are personal constructs within Kelly's theory of personal constructs.
400

A self-scored or web-based instrument designed to measure interests according to Holland’s six personality types.

What is the O*Net Interest Profiler.

400

A plan that lists occupations of interest, required education, and next steps for career development.

What is a career action plan.

500

The realization/fulfillment of talents and potentials considered as a drive/need within everyone.

What is self-actualization.
500

The concept in Krumboltz's theory that unexpected events can lead to beneficial career opportunities.

What is planned happenstance.
500

Orientation, exploration, establishment, management and disengagement.

What are the behaviors within the adaptation process of the Career Construction Theory.

500

The assessment tools that helps identify reasons that make it difficult for someone to make career choices.

What is the career factors inventory.

500

Layoffs, legislation separation from military or prison, life events.

What are reasons for intervention in community-based career counseling.

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