Theories
Models & Approaches
Formal Assessments
Place & Time
Potpourri
100

This theory has generated more research than any other.

What is Holland's Theory of Types?

100

One of the first longitudinal studies of career development.

What is the Career Pattern Study?

100

Uses Job Stability, Family Commitment, Risk-Taking Style, Geographical Barriers, Job Satisfaction, Work Involvement, Skill Development, Dominant Style, Career Worries, and Interpersonal Abuse to identify the attitudes, feelings, and obstacles that affect the careers of adults.

Career Attitudes and Strategies Inventory (CASI)

100

According to Super, specifying and implementing tentative career choices occur during all of the following stages except

What is Early adulthood?

100

Readiness to cope with the various career development tasks confronting an individual.

What is Career Maturity?

200

This theory addresses performance goals and persistence in overcoming obstacles.

What is Social Cognitive Theory?

200

This approach identifies the degree of fit between the person and the occupation.

What is the trait-and-factor approach?

200

Krumboltz designed this assessment for persons over 13 years of age, to identify career beliefs that may be preventing them from reaching career goals.

What is the Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI)?

200

This is the first time when children begin to see and understand different careers.

What is preschool?

200

 A group that is designated to receive services.

What is a target population?

300

Emphasizes integrating the mind, body, and spirit.

What is Integrative Life Planning?
300

This model was the predecessor of the Trait-and-factor approach.

What is Parson's Tripartite Model?

300

Designed to measure how ready a student, in grades 6 - 12, is to make a career decision.

What is the Career Factors Inventory (CFI)?

300

At this point, students should be able to learn about themselves and the world of work and then translate this learning into an educational plan for the remainder of their secondary school education.

What is Middle School?

300

Clearly defined desired outcomes.

What are measurable objectives?

400

People are active organizers of their own experiences.

What is Constructivism?

400

The idea that feelings in one area of life affect feelings in another area of life.

What is the Spillover Hypothesis?

400

Designed to measure the level of decidedness about a career choice, self-knowledge, and knowledge about occupations and training.

What is the Career Decision Profile (CDP)?

400

To encourage parental involvement in their children's career development these communication preferred.

What are evening information sessions and newsletters?

400

O*Net is a replacement for this former Department of Labor publication.

What is The Dictionary of Occupational Titles?

500

The application of Bandura’s social learning theory to career decision-making.

What is Krumboltz's Learning Theory of Career Counseling?

500

When values are assessed through a qualitative, not quantitative process.

What is the Values-Based Approach?

500

Designed to identify irrational thoughts clients in high school through adulthood may have that could affect the career decision-making process.

What is the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI)?

500

During this school level, counseling should help students continue increasing self-awareness, develop skills for engaging in educational and occupational exploration, and strengthen decision-making skills.

What is High School?

500

this is one of the primary issues with cyber, or virtual counseling.

What is Security of Communication?