In the Research and Program Evaluation core area, CACREP includes knowledge of qualitative research methods, including ethnography.

Ethnography is a qualitative approach in which the researcher studies a culture-sharing group (e.g., a community, organization, or subgroup) over time, focusing on patterns of group behavior, interactions, beliefs, and meanings in their natural context.

The emphasis is on understanding how groups function and behave, often through participant observation and in-depth immersion.

Storytelling (B) and critical tales (C) can be narrative products of qualitative work, and hermeneutic design (D) refers more broadly to interpretive approaches. But ethnography is most centrally concerned with the systematic study of group behavior and culture, making A the correct choice.

UESTION NO: 187 [Career Development]

What is true about group career counseling?

A. It works best if all members are interested in the same career path.

B. It allows members to learn and support each other's career exploration.

C. It should be focused on overcoming the storming phase.

D. It should be based on individual assessments.

Answer: B

Within the Career Development core area, group career counseling is recognized as an effective method because it promotes peer learning, mutual support, and normalization of career concerns. Members share information, experiences, and perspectives, which can broaden each person’s understanding of options and strategies. This is exactly what option B describes—group members learning from and supporting one another’s exploration.

Option A is incorrect because groups do not need to share the same career goal; diversity of interests can enrich the group process.

Option C confuses general group development stages with the purpose of career groups; storming is not the focus of career counseling.

Option D overemphasizes individual assessment; while individual data can be included, group career counseling is not “based on” individual assessment alone, but on shared exploration and interaction.