NCMHCE: Career and Lifestyle
Development Exam 2025/2026 With
100% Correct Answers
Four national models for career education CORRECT
ANSWERS 1. school-based or comprehensive
bring work-related skills to school
2. employer-based or experience-based
vocational education program
3. home/community based
brings job placement/career into the home and community
4. rural/residential
help poor rural families improve their career
Facilitation skills CORRECT ANSWERS 1. communication
skills required for the therapist
2. be familiar with the concept of an authentic therapist
3. primary responsibilities of a therapist
4. rights of clients
Terms to know CORRECT ANSWERS 1. congruence
,2. transference
3. empathy
4. genuienss
5. acceptance
6. concreteness
7. positive regard
Computerized occupational and career information system
CORRECT ANSWERS 1. SIGI-Plus (system of interactive
guidance and information)
2. CIS (career information system)
3. COIN (coordinate occupational information network)
4. GIS (Guidance information system)
5. DISCOVER
6. CHOICES
Key differences of emphasis between models CORRECT
ANSWERS 1. behavioral/social: process of learning as it
impinges upon career decision-making
a. Krumboltz: career decision making is a lifelong process
b. Dawis & Lofquist: work adjustment
c. Schein: career anchors
, 2. cognitive
a. Lent, Brown, Hackett: social cognitive career theory (SCCT)
b. Peterson, Sampson, Reardon & Lenz: cognitive information
processing
c. Pyramid for information processing known as CASVE
d. Roger's client-centered: self-concept and phenomenal field
3. decision-making
a. Tiedeman/O'Hara: stages one goes through to integrate with
one's career
b. Gelatt: basic ideas and steps
c. Crites: career maturity
d. Cottfredson: circumscription and compromise
4. developmental: maturation of career behavior across the
lifespan
a. should be familiar with the stages, major talent
b. Super: life roles have an impact on career choice
c. Ginzberg: occupational choice is a lifelong process
5. psychodynamic: internal movtivating variables and coping
mechanisms related to them
6. personality
a. Bordin, Nachmann, Segal: personality approach
b. Holland: 6 personal styles and occupational environments
Development Exam 2025/2026 With
100% Correct Answers
Four national models for career education CORRECT
ANSWERS 1. school-based or comprehensive
bring work-related skills to school
2. employer-based or experience-based
vocational education program
3. home/community based
brings job placement/career into the home and community
4. rural/residential
help poor rural families improve their career
Facilitation skills CORRECT ANSWERS 1. communication
skills required for the therapist
2. be familiar with the concept of an authentic therapist
3. primary responsibilities of a therapist
4. rights of clients
Terms to know CORRECT ANSWERS 1. congruence
,2. transference
3. empathy
4. genuienss
5. acceptance
6. concreteness
7. positive regard
Computerized occupational and career information system
CORRECT ANSWERS 1. SIGI-Plus (system of interactive
guidance and information)
2. CIS (career information system)
3. COIN (coordinate occupational information network)
4. GIS (Guidance information system)
5. DISCOVER
6. CHOICES
Key differences of emphasis between models CORRECT
ANSWERS 1. behavioral/social: process of learning as it
impinges upon career decision-making
a. Krumboltz: career decision making is a lifelong process
b. Dawis & Lofquist: work adjustment
c. Schein: career anchors
, 2. cognitive
a. Lent, Brown, Hackett: social cognitive career theory (SCCT)
b. Peterson, Sampson, Reardon & Lenz: cognitive information
processing
c. Pyramid for information processing known as CASVE
d. Roger's client-centered: self-concept and phenomenal field
3. decision-making
a. Tiedeman/O'Hara: stages one goes through to integrate with
one's career
b. Gelatt: basic ideas and steps
c. Crites: career maturity
d. Cottfredson: circumscription and compromise
4. developmental: maturation of career behavior across the
lifespan
a. should be familiar with the stages, major talent
b. Super: life roles have an impact on career choice
c. Ginzberg: occupational choice is a lifelong process
5. psychodynamic: internal movtivating variables and coping
mechanisms related to them
6. personality
a. Bordin, Nachmann, Segal: personality approach
b. Holland: 6 personal styles and occupational environments
