Chapter 2 Quiz - Short Answers

Short Answer Quiz: Vocational Rehabilitation and Career Counseling

1. How can the goals of vocational rehabilitation be better achieved according to both professionals and clients?

2. What is the main difference between career guidance and career counseling?

3. What are the two most common goals of career counseling?

4. In Parson’s Trait-Factor theory, what does "trait" refer to?

5. How is the choice of occupation viewed in Parson's Trait-Factor theory?

6. How many vocational types are included in Holland’s theory?

7. According to Holland’s theory, what type of individual is characterized by being thoughtful, analytical, and not social?

8. What does Holland’s theory suggest about occupation choice?

9. According to Donald Super, how does self-concept change over time?

10. Which stage of Donald Super's career development model involves entry-level skill building and stabilization?

11. What three variables are intricately linked in the Social Cognitive Career Theory?

12. What is the main purpose of an intake interview in vocational rehabilitation?

13. What is emotional noise in communication?

14. What type of question is "Do you enjoy working with your hands"?

15. What is an example of a rhetorical question?

16. What does denotative language convey?

17. What is an example of a primary problem in a vocational rehabilitation setting?

18. Which model is considered the most effective in vocational rehabilitation programs?

19. Which question is not part of Egan’s skilled helper model?

20. Which model is defined as "a collaborative, person-centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change"?

21. Why should psycho-social needs be addressed in the vocational rehabilitation process?

22. What is cognitive dissonance?

23. What is an example of transference in a vocational rehabilitation context?

24. When should follow-up take place after a crisis occurs within an organization?

25. What does the statement "Nice people don’t fight" represent in dealing with conflict?

Answer Key:

1. There is maximum client involvement in the development, implementation, and use of VR services.

2. Guidance is the giving of information, and counseling is a structured process of intervention.

3. Selection of an occupation and the adjustment to an occupation.

4. The characteristics of an individual that can be measured through testing.

5. The choice of occupation is considered a rather straightforward process.

6. 6 vocational types.

7. Investigative type.

8. Occupation choice is an expression of personality and not random.

9. Self-concept changes over time and develops as a result of experience.

10. Establishment stage.

11. Self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, and goals.

12. The purpose is to gather information about the client.

13. Feelings that distract you from the present communication.

14. Closed question.

15. “I’m sure you would agree that a job working with your hands is the best direction, wouldn’t you?”

16. Content.

17. A primary problem.

18. The biopsychosocial model.

19. "How did my past impact me?" is not part of Egan’s model.

20. Motivational interviewing.

21. Psycho-social needs should be addressed as they can create significant barriers to employment.

22. The mental discomfort experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory ideas.

23. A client blaming the vocational rehabilitation professional for all their problems is an example of transference.

24. Follow-up should take place within 24-72 hours after the event.

25. Suppression or smoothing over.