Minority students are more likely to have the following problem(s) prior to and while starting college:
a. minimal healthcare resources and poorer health when compared to Caucasian students.
b. None of the above
c. have intercourse and bear children; thus, childcare is an issue.
d. Both A and B
Q. 2Which of the following is not a good example of a school-to-work activity?
a. Writing a skit using occupational terms.
b. Game-like activities.
c. Interest inventories.
d. Interest centers in the classroom.
Q. 3If there is a correlation of .90 between marital quality and time spent talking with one's spouse, this would mean that:
a. the more time spent talking to one's spouse, the lower the marital quality
b. the more time spent talking to one's spouse, the greater the marital quality
c. there is a 10 chance that spending time talking to one's spouse will increase marital quality.
d. there is a 90 chance that spending time talking to one's spouse will increase marital quality.
Q. 4Student athletes have to deal with all of the following except:
a. fatigue from practicing long hours
b. some struggle with the intense pressure of trying to excel at both athletics and academics
c. demanding tutors
d. interruptions from studies and missing tests due to travel
Q. 5Gottfredson predicts that Earl's career decisions will be influenced by considerations of prestige from the age of 9 onward. This concept is called:
a. tolerable sex boundaries.
b. compromise.
c. circumscription.
d. career maturity.
Q. 6Unsystematic error (as compared to systematic error):
a. are not measured by reliability
b. are of concern with standardized assessments, but not with projective tests
c. are measured by reliability
d. are constant errors that do not fluctuate
Q. 7College students with higher self-esteem and a belief that problems are solvable (optimism) are:
a. more likely to trust in their abilities
b. more likely to use rational problem solving (as opposed to avoiding, shifting responsibility, or making impulsive decisions)
c. more likely to approach problems
d. all of the above
Q. 8According to Gottfredson, gender role stereotyping of occupations is most likely to take place between the ages of:
a. 15-16.
b. 12-14.
c. 9-11.
d. 6-8.
Q. 9If a test has a reliability coefficient of .85, what is the ratio of error variance?
a. .15
b. 1.00
c. .75
d. .05
Q. 10Blustein et al. (2002) found that High SES young adults worked for _______ where as Low SES young adults worked for _______.
a. family approval; economic survival
b. personal satisfaction; economic survival
c. ego needs; basic needs
d. family approval; minimum wage
e. economic survival; personal satisfaction
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