Vocational Archetypes: A Proposal for Clinical Integration of Interests and Values in Vocational Counseling and Selection

Abstract

A method is proposed for corroborating or refuting the dependability of scores on the Kuder Preference Record with much greater assurance by clinically comparing such scores with those obtained from the same Ss on the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values to determine if the two sets of test data for an individual are in accord or contradict one another. Both tests are objective, self-administering, and self-scoring and the procedure suggested to ascertain if the specific interests measured by the Kuder are commensurate with the more basic values appraised by the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey is rapid, straightforward, and unambiguous.