Transfer of decision-making skills learned in a counseling-like setting to similar and disimilar situations.

Abstract

Students were taught a specific decision-making strategy in a counselinglike setting. The degree to which the learned strategy transferred into similar and dissimilar situations was examined. Results: (a) directed practice was more effective than nondirected practice in facilitating the acquisition and transfer of the particular decision-making strategy employed; (b) sex of students did not appear to be significantly related to learning or transferring the required decision-making strategy; (c) differences between oral and written uses of the required strategy in situations similar and dissimilar to the setting in which it was acquired were statistically significant, but not sufficiently so to allow for statistical identification of the precise area of those differences.

The Effects of Problem‐Solving Training on Adolescents' Career Exploration and Career Decision Making

“…Brief behavioral counseling methods have demonstrated an advantage over inactive control groups for increasing 11th graders' career exploratory behavior (e.g., Krumboltz & Thoresen, 1964;Meyer, Strowig, & Hosford, 1970) but have not proven effective on career decision making behavior (e.g., Bergland, Quartrano, & Lindquist, 1975). Conversely, decision making skills were taught successfully to 9th graders over 5 sessions (Evans & Cody, 1969). Directed instruction and counseling about career decision making had a greater impact on college students' decision making behavior than did individual counseling (Smith & Evans, 1973).…”

The field trial of a new computer-assisted career guidance system in South Africa

“…This decision-making chart consisted of a number of different steps representing an integration of the decision-making steps described by Carkhuff (1973), Krumboltz (1966) and Evans and Cody (1969); 3. a career choice module in which the principles of decision-making are applied to career choice. The factors influencing career choice (values, abilities and interests) are explored.…”

Adding a visual dimension to counseling

“…A final reason for using visuals is that research studies have demonstrated their effectiveness in test interpretation (Forster, 1969;Walker, 1965), stimulating vocational exploration (Hoyt, 1968;Krumboltz k Thoreson, 1964;Whitfield & Glaeser, 1969), decision-making (Boocock, 1967;Evans & Cody, 1969;Yabroff, 1964), personal growth (Kagan & Schauble, 1969), and interpersonal communication (Delaney & Heimann, 1966;Loeffler, 1970;Mehrabian, 1968).…”