NCE Exam - Lifestyle and Career
Development
Lifestyle and career development have been emphasized - Since the beginning of the
counseling and guidance movement and are still major areas of concern
One trend is that women are moving into more careers that in the past were populated
by males. Women workers are often impacted by the "glass ceiling phenomenon."
Assuming that a counselor's behavior is influenced by the phenomenon, which
statement would he most likely make when conducting a career counseling session with
a female client who wants to advance to a higher position? - "Let's be rational: A woman
can only advance so far. You really have very little if any chance of becoming a
corporate executive. I'm here to help you cope with this reality"
Most research in the area of career development and its relationship to students
indicates that - A very high proportion of students in high school and at the junior high or
middle school level wanted guidance in planning a career. Career interests are more
stable after college.
A dual-career family (or dual-worker couple) is one in which both partners have jobs to
which they are committed on a somewhat continuous basis. Which statement is true of
dual-career families? - Dual-career families have higher incomes than the so called
traditional family in which only one partner is working
In the dual-career family, partners seem to be more self-sufficient than in the traditional
family. In a dual-career household, the woman - Is typically secure in her career before
she has children
Studies indicate that - Students want more vocational guidance that they recieve
Statistics reveal that - on average, a worker with a bachelor's degree earns over
$10,000 a year more than a worker with a high school diploma
When professional career counselors use the term "leisure" they technically mean - The
time the client has away from work which is not being utilized for obligations
In terms of leisure and dual-career families - Dual-career families have less leisure time
A client who says, "I feel I cannot really become an administrator in our agency because
I am a woman," is showing an example of - Gender bias
One major category of career theory is known as the trait-factor (also called the trait and
factor) approach. It has also been dubbed the actuarial or matching approach. This
