What are Holland’s Personality Types? NCE & CPCE Study Guide

In the category of Career Development on the National Counselor Examination (NCE), the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE), or another counseling exam, you’ll come across ideas related to John Holland’s six personality and six work environments types.

Holland’s six personality types (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional) are covered in this video, as well as congruent and incongruent types. We’ll also cover the concept of RIASEC and core assumptions of his theory.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 - What is Holland’s personality and career typology?
0:24 - Introduction
0:35 - What are the four assumptions of Holland’s theory?
0:39 - Assumption 1: Six personality types
0:43 - Assumption 2: Six work environments
0:46 - Assumption 3: Types seek environments
1:00 - Assumption 4: Personality + Environment = Behavior
1:07 - Theory in one sentence
1:16 - Holland’s Six Personality Types
1:24 - What is RIASEC?
1:41 - What is the artistic type?
1:51 - What is the conventional type?
2:02 - What is the enterprising type?
2:11 - What is the investigative type?
2:21 - Like & Subscribe!
2:28 - What is the realistic type?
2:43 - What is the social type?
2:59 - Can you have multiple personality types?
3:18 - What are congruent personality types?
3:26 - What are incongruent personality types?
3:46 - How is RIASEC helpful?
3:54 - Outro

REFERENCES
Rosenthal, H. (2017). Encyclopedia of Counseling (4th edition). Routledge.
Rosenthal, H. (2024). Master Lecture Series for the NCE, CPCE, CECE, and State Counseling Exams. Routledge.

NOTE
Keep in mind that this video is for educational purposes. It is meant as an aid for you in studying for the NCE, CPCE, or other counseling exam. This video should not be used as your only form of studying. It is also important to note that this is my understanding of the content. Best of luck, and I hope this video helped!

SOURCES
John Holland Photo: https://career.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/...

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