Blog 2: Empirical Era

1. Theorist:

• Merging Frank Parson's vocational guidance and Bient's intelligence testing  
• E.K. Strong - first edition of what is today the Strong Interest Inventory

2. Merging Approach:

• Merging of Parson's vocational guidance and bent's intelligence testing into a current of aptitude and interest testing
• 1927: Strong Interest Inventory
• 1930s: Minnesota Mechanical Ability Tests
• Minnesota Employment Stabilization Research Institute established
• 1933: Wagner-Peyser Act passed by congress and created US Employment Services
• Major test: Arm General Classification Test
• 1930s: Matching men to jobs
• 1940s: Trait and Factor theory

3. External Article:

• Pope, M. (2000). A brief History of career counseling in the United State. Career Development Quarterly, 48(3), 194-211.

Gysbers, N.C, Heppner, M. J., & Johnston, J. A. (2014). Career Counseling: Holism, Diversity, and Strengths. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association. (4th ed).