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Ψlogical
Testing…
Chapter 16
…in Counseling Psychology
…in Counseling Psychology
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Lectures:
- next exam 4/15
- Chapters 9–16
- YOU will craft items (tonight)
- presentation groups start 4/24
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Career Counseling
…helping maximize person–job fit
Interests
if you want to enter an appropriate career, you must identify your interests 1 (Kaplan & Saccuzzo, 2018, p. 426)
- workers within different occupational groups tend to enjoy different activities 🤔
- interests are thought to be stable & enduring (@ ~17 yo)
Note
Some interests are universal (found within occupations across cultures), but there are likely gender differences in interests (controversial)
Interest inventories
- first (published) interest inventory was the Carnegie Interest Inventory (Moore, 1921)
- Strong’s first publication on interest measurement was in 1926 (Strong Vocational Interest Blank)
- empirically–keyed1
- Strong–Campbell Interest Inventory (Campbell, 1974) aimed to mitigate gender differences
- also incorporated Holland (1959)’s theory of vocational choice
Holland
interests express personality and people can be classified into one or more of 6 categories according to their interests (Kaplan & Saccuzzo, 2018, p. 428)
- vocational choice theory postulates greater success & satisfaction with occupations that match your personality
- RIASEC is a type–based theory of personality that is also used to describe work environments
procedurally, top 3 personality dimensions used as code to identify documented occupations
current version of the “Strong” (SSI) is fully integrated with Holland’s RIASEC model
Kuder Occupational Interest Survey
First published as the Kuder Preference Survey (Kuder, 1939) by the same guy who gave us KR20
- different activities are presented in triads
- test–taker selects most & least preferred activity
- feedback given on 10 general occupational interests as well as several possible college majors
- Outdoor
- Mechanical
- Science
- Technical Sales
- Management
- Arts
- Communication
- Social
- Personal Services
- Business Operations
Other interest inventories
Jackson Vocational Interest Survey:
- 289 job–related statements aggregate to 34 “basic interest” scales
- forced choice between 2 statements
- 45 minutes administration time
Career Assessment Inventory:
- aimed at careers not requiring college or professional training
Self–Directed Search:
- Holland’s own inventory is self–administered & scored
Gender differences
Differences do not necessarily indicate bias – it is possible that men & women at the group–level have meaningfully different interest profiles1
- Commission on Sex Bias in Measurement established in 1973 by the Association for Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance (AMEG; now American Counseling Association)
- based on committee recommendations, many inventories stopped using separate norms for men and women
Other placement constructs
Interest is not the only useful consideration when helping individuals find satisfying or acceptable work applications
- skill & knowledge both common important considerations for actual performance
- interest has stronger associations with satisfaction and tenure
The surname most closely associated with interest inventories is ___________
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Interests are believed to be fairly stable (as of roughly 17 years old)
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Holland’s “Realistic” category is most conceptually distinct from _________
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F. G. Kuder created an interest inventory as well as an index of __________
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_________ lists Holland codes for many different US occupations
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Assessment groups:
Starting 4/24 (Thursdays):
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References
Campbell, D. P. (1974). Manual for the SVIB–SCII strong–campbell interest inventory (2nd ed.). Stanford University Press.
Holland, J. L. (1959). A theory of vocational choice. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 6(1), 35.
Kaplan, R. M., & Saccuzzo, D. P. (2018). Psychological testing: Principles, application, and issues (9th ed.). Cengage.
Kuder, G. F. (1939). Preference record. Chicago: Science Research Associates.
Moore, B. V. (1921). Personnel selection of graduate engineers. Psychololgical Monographs, 30, 1–85.
Ψlogical Testing… Chapter 16 …in Counseling Psychology