Chapter 8: The Theory of Work Adjustment

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which theory emphasizes that the individual has requirements of the workplace, and that the workplace has requirements of the individual?

A. Holland

B. TWA

C. Super’s Developmental

D. Gottfredson’s

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The degree to which an employee meets the needs of the organization is known as ______.

A. satisfaction

B. satisfactoriness

C. correspondence

D. reinforcement

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Bob is a 35-year-old male who greatly values independence and autonomy in the workplace. His new supervisor has a hands-on approach and has increased supervision of Bob’s work nearly 25%. If Bob continues to engage in his job and tolerate the new level of supervision, what element of TWA is he using?

A. adjustment

B. perseverance

C. empowerment

D. denial

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the six crucial values in the Theory of Work Adjustment?

A. achievement

B. comfort

C. money

D. status

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. In TWA, ______ is changing the environment; ______ is changing the self.

A. flexibility; activeness

B. discrimination; flexibility

C. activeness; reactiveness

D. flexibility; inflexibility

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Which of the following concepts would predict job tenure?

A. satisfaction

B. pay

C. disequilibrium

D. none of these

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. The concepts of celerity, rhythm, pace, and endurance are central to which theory?

A. Super’s Developmental

B. Theory of Work Adjustment

C. Social Cognitive Career Theory

D. Gottfredson’s

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Satisfaction is ______ important when compared to satisfactoriness in predicting work adjustment.

A. more

B. less

C. equally as

D. statistically more

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. The speed with which one initiates interaction with the environment is known as ______.

A. celerity

B. pace

C. rhythm

D. endurance

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. The ability to tolerate a mismatch between worker needs and rewards offered by the workplace is known as ______.

A. tolerance

B. flexibility

C. oppression

D. depression

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Which assessment instrument would a counselor working from the Theory of Work Adjustment most likely use?

A. the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

B. the MMPI-2

C. the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire

D. the Strong Interest Inventory

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Applying the Theory of Work Adjustment

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. As a theory, TWA is particularly well suited to help people with ______.

A. learning about the world of work

B. learning about one’s interests

C. job adjustment

D. preparing for retirement

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Directions and Implications for Career Counseling

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. When a counselor works from the perspective of TWA, what line of questioning will that counselor most likely use?

A. In what jobs has the client been happiest?

B. What career path did the client envision when the client was young?

C. In what environments has the client experienced the most problems?

D. If the client could win the lottery and not have to work, what would the client do with their time?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Interventions

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. A teacher completes her first year as a kindergarten teacher, only to feel frustrated by the inappropriate curriculum demands placed on her students. She must decide if she will stay in her position or choose to leave. Briefly define the concepts of flexibility, activeness, reactiveness, and perseverance and give a concrete example of each for the above scenario.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Introductory Review

Difficulty Level: Difficult