Identifying values from ones family heritage reveals basic core attitudes. Which of the following could be labeled common values passed on by family?
a. Socioeconomic history of several generations
b. Expectations for gender roles and behavior
c. Psychological placement for psychological roles for siblings
d. All of the above
Q. 2Career counselors have background views which they should examine carefully because:
a. They need to be open to the variety of intercultural views different from their own.
b. They need to be careful not to show the ignorance of a limited experience.
c. Sensitivity to differing attitudes increases understanding of all clients.
d. a and d
Q. 3The social structure that existed in the 1950s for the middles class is outdated not only in terms of a changing economy, but also in terms of:____________________________.
a. the diverse groups participating in the workplace.
b. the changing politics of rigid ideological philosophies
c. the changing nature of education.
d. the changing structure of the family.
Q. 4In 1990, the _____________________________
___ was passed by congress prohibiting discrimination against qualified workers with impairments that require reasonable accommodations.
a. Disabled Workers Law
b. Statute for Impaired Workers
c. Vocational Rehabilitation Act
d. Americans with Disabilities Act
Q. 5The most obviously disenfranchised groups within economically developed countries are the ___________________________ and those people on welfare.
a. unemployed
b. uneducated
c. individuals engaged in care-taking
d. working poor
Q. 6In 2007, three main professional career associations from across the globe met to share information and to publicize the need for equity of career opportunities for all people. The International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance and the Society for Vocational Psychology were joined by NCDA. What change for the American association is different from the other international associations?
a. NCDA has recognized the implications of the global economy whereas the other associations have not.
b. NCDA has changed its outlook regarding income disparities where the others havent.
c. NCDA changed its name no longer using the words vocational or guidance but using the terms career and development.
d. NCDA has begun to publish research regarding career issues whereas the others have been doing research for 50 years.