Study Guide
Exam 2
TIPS:
Make sure you are familiar with the chapters in the book, what is covered in lecture, and
the readings. Material is taken from all sources.
There will be 50 multiple choice questions.
While this study guide highlights key things to know, make sure you are familiar with the
book, readings, powerpoints, and lecture.
Vocational Psychology
-Key definitions (e.g., vocational psychology)
-Overview of SES, career, and social class
-Vocational psychology and social justice
-What is most likely to affect lifetime earnings?
-How many Americans believe that the poor can pull themselves up?
-Gender, career, and cross-cultural psychology (e.g., cross-cultural trends in the
workforce)
-LGBT issues and career development
-Vocational psychology and social justice
-Self-efficacy
-Popular career theories
oHolland
oSocial Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT)
-*Leong, 2009 (e.g., public vs collective self, obstacles to career development, ways to
integrate culture into work)
Intelligence & Education
-Key definitions (e.g., intelligence)
-Definition of creativity
-Field Dependence/Field Independence
-Formal reasoning
-Views of intelligence (Nativist view, etc)
-Intelligence versus intelligent behavior
-IQ and genetics (e.g., twin studies)
-The relationship between SES and intelligence testing
-Cultural values on intelligence
-IQ scores
-Raven’s test
