Phillips and colleagues point out that career decisions are heavily influenced by:

Phillips and colleagues point out that career decisions are heavily influenced by:
 
  a. supervisory experience.
 b. the oral stage of development.
 c. relationships with others.
 d. early exploration.

Q. 2

What is the best way to assess whether an instrument is adequately reliable?
 
  a. Determining whether an instrument is adequately reliable will depend on the type of instrument
 b. Determine whether the reliability coefficient exceeds the cutoff of 0.75
 c. Consult the Mental Measurements Yearbook
 d. Consult the reliability guidelines in the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing

Q. 3

Ethical training of students _______.
 
  a. confuses laypersons and professionals as each specialty has its own standards.
 b. both A & B
 c. makes unethical behavior less tolerable.
 d. teaches heuristics for avoiding unethical behavior.

Q. 4

Parenting style is most important in this theory of career development.
 
  a. family systems therapy
 b. Roe's personality development model
 c. Phillips's developmental relationship model
 d. Holland's theory

Q. 5

What is the first step in evaluating an assessment instrument for use with a particular client?
 
  a. Practicing the instrument to estimate how quickly it can be administered
 b. Determining the cost of the instrument
 c. Determining if the instrument's purpose corresponds with the counselor's needs
 d. Consulting the Mental Measurements Yearbook or Tests in Print

Q. 6

In reflecting upon his work as a computer graphics professional, Zach shares that when he is working on a project he often gets so absorbed in what he is doing that he misses meals and scheduled breaks. Zach further insists that even when he misses such breaks he leaves his computer station more energized that when he began the task. The concept that Zach is describing is referred to as _______.
 
  a. total bliss
 b. framing
 c. flow
 d. generativity