NCC Exam Questions and Answers
updated 2026
Freud'sBstagesBareBpsychosexualBwhileBErikBErikson'sBstagesBareB-BAnswerPsychosocial
InBFreudianBtheoryBinsectsBareBemphasized.BErikBEriksonBisBanBegoBpsychologist.BEgoBpsychol
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TheBonlyBpsychoanalystBwhoBcreatedBaBdevelopmentalBtheoryBwhichBencompassesBtheBentire
BlifeBspanBwasB-BAnswerErikBErikson
TheBstatementB"theBegoBisBdependentBonBtheBid,"BwouldBmostBlikelyBreflectBtheBworkBofB-
BAnswerSigmundBFreud
JeanBPiaget'sBtheoryBhasBfourBstages.BTheBcorrectBorderBfromBstageB1BtoBstageB4BisB-
BAnswersensorimotor,Bpreoperations,BconcreteBoperations,BformalBoperations
SomeBbehavioralBscientistsBhaveBbeenBcriticalBofBtheBSwissBchildBpsychologistBJeanBPiaget'sBd
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BAnswerhisBfindingsBwereBoftenBderivedBfromBobservingBhisBownBchildren
ABtallBskinnyBpitcherBofBwaterBisBemptiedBintoBaBsmallBsquattyBpitcher.BABchildBindicatesBtha
tBsheBfeelsBtheBsmallBpitcherBhasBlessBwater.BTheBchildBhasBnotByetBmasteredB-
BAnswerconservation
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ABchildBmastersBconservationBinBtheBPiagetianBstageBknownBasB-
BAnswerconcreteBoperationsB-BagesB7BtoB11
_______BexpandedBonBPiaget'sBconceptualizationBofBmoralBdevelopment.B-
BAnswerLawrenceBKohlberg
AccordingBtoBPiaget,BaBchildBmastersBtheBconceptBofBreversibilityBinBtheBthirdBstage,BknownB
asBconcreteBoperationsBorBconcreteBoperationalBthought.BThisBnotionBsuggestsB-
BAnsweroneBcanBundoBanBaction,BhenceBanBobjectBcanBreturnBtoBitsBinitialBshape
, DuringBaBthunderstorm,BaB6-year-
oldBchildBinBPiaget'sBstageBofBpreoperationalBthoughtB(stageB2)Bsays,B"TheBrainBisBfollowingB
me."BThisBisBanBexampleBofB-BAnsweregocentrism
LawrenceBKohlbergBsuggestedB-BAnswerthreeBlevelsBofBmorality
TheBHeinzBstoryBisBtoBKohlberg'sBtheoryBasB-
BAnsweraBtypingBtestBisBtoBtheBlevelBofBtypingBskillBmastered
TheBtermB'identityBcrisis'BcomesBfromBtheBworkBofB-BAnswerErikson
Kohlberg'sBthreeBlevelsBofBmoralityBareB-
BAnswerpreconventional,Bconventional,Bpostconventional
TrustBversusBmistrustBisB-BAnswerErikBErikson'sBfirstBstageBofBpsychosocialBdevelopment
ABpersonBwhoBhasBsuccessfullyBmasteredBErikson'sBfirstBsevenBstagesBwouldBbeBreadyBtoBent
erBErikson'sBfinalBorBeighthBstageB-BAnswerintegrityBversusBdespair
InBKohlberg'sBfirstBorBpreconventionalBlevel,BtheBindividual'sBmoralBbehaviorBisBguidedBbyB-
BAnswerconsequences
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Kohlberg'sBhighestBlevelBofBmoralityBisBtermedBpostconventionalBmorality.BHereBtheBindividual
BhasB-BAnswerself-imposedBmoralsBandBethics
AccordingBtoBKohlberg,BlevelB3,BwhichBisBpostconventionalBorBself-
acceptedBmoralBprinciples,B-
BAnswerisBtheBhighestBlevelBofBmorality.BHowever,BsomeBpeopleBneverBreachBthisBlevel.
TheBzoneBofBproximalBdevelopmentB-BAnswerwasBpioneeredBbyBLevBVygotsky
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Freud'sBstagesBareBpsychosexualBwhileBErikBErikson'sBstagesBareB-BAnswerPsychosocial
InBFreudianBtheoryBinsectsBareBemphasized.BErikBEriksonBisBanBegoBpsychologist.BEgoBpsychol
ogistsB-BAnswerbelieveBinBman'sBpowersBofBreasoningBtoBcontrolBbehavior
TheBonlyBpsychoanalystBwhoBcreatedBaBdevelopmentalBtheoryBwhichBencompassesBtheBentire
BlifeBspanBwasB-BAnswerErikBErikson
TheBstatementB"theBegoBisBdependentBonBtheBid,"BwouldBmostBlikelyBreflectBtheBworkBofB-
BAnswerSigmundBFreud
JeanBPiaget'sBtheoryBhasBfourBstages.BTheBcorrectBorderBfromBstageB1BtoBstageB4BisB-
BAnswersensorimotor,Bpreoperations,BconcreteBoperations,BformalBoperations
SomeBbehavioralBscientistsBhaveBbeenBcriticalBofBtheBSwissBchildBpsychologistBJeanBPiaget'sBd
evelopmentalBresearchBinasmuchBasB-
BAnswerhisBfindingsBwereBoftenBderivedBfromBobservingBhisBownBchildren
ABtallBskinnyBpitcherBofBwaterBisBemptiedBintoBaBsmallBsquattyBpitcher.BABchildBindicatesBtha
tBsheBfeelsBtheBsmallBpitcherBhasBlessBwater.BTheBchildBhasBnotByetBmasteredB-
BAnswerconservation
InBPiagetianBliterature,BconservationBwouldBmostBlikelyBreferBtoB-BAnswervolumeBorBmass
ABchildBmastersBconservationBinBtheBPiagetianBstageBknownBasB-
BAnswerconcreteBoperationsB-BagesB7BtoB11
_______BexpandedBonBPiaget'sBconceptualizationBofBmoralBdevelopment.B-
BAnswerLawrenceBKohlberg
AccordingBtoBPiaget,BaBchildBmastersBtheBconceptBofBreversibilityBinBtheBthirdBstage,BknownB
asBconcreteBoperationsBorBconcreteBoperationalBthought.BThisBnotionBsuggestsB-
BAnsweroneBcanBundoBanBaction,BhenceBanBobjectBcanBreturnBtoBitsBinitialBshape
, DuringBaBthunderstorm,BaB6-year-
oldBchildBinBPiaget'sBstageBofBpreoperationalBthoughtB(stageB2)Bsays,B"TheBrainBisBfollowingB
me."BThisBisBanBexampleBofB-BAnsweregocentrism
LawrenceBKohlbergBsuggestedB-BAnswerthreeBlevelsBofBmorality
TheBHeinzBstoryBisBtoBKohlberg'sBtheoryBasB-
BAnsweraBtypingBtestBisBtoBtheBlevelBofBtypingBskillBmastered
TheBtermB'identityBcrisis'BcomesBfromBtheBworkBofB-BAnswerErikson
Kohlberg'sBthreeBlevelsBofBmoralityBareB-
BAnswerpreconventional,Bconventional,Bpostconventional
TrustBversusBmistrustBisB-BAnswerErikBErikson'sBfirstBstageBofBpsychosocialBdevelopment
ABpersonBwhoBhasBsuccessfullyBmasteredBErikson'sBfirstBsevenBstagesBwouldBbeBreadyBtoBent
erBErikson'sBfinalBorBeighthBstageB-BAnswerintegrityBversusBdespair
InBKohlberg'sBfirstBorBpreconventionalBlevel,BtheBindividual'sBmoralBbehaviorBisBguidedBbyB-
BAnswerconsequences
Kohlberg'sBsecondBlevelBofBmoralityBisBknownBasBconventionalBmorality.BThisBlevelBisBcharacte
rizedBbyB-BAnsweraBdesireBtoBliveBupBtoBsociety'sBexpectationsB&BaBdesireBtoBconform
Kohlberg'sBhighestBlevelBofBmoralityBisBtermedBpostconventionalBmorality.BHereBtheBindividual
BhasB-BAnswerself-imposedBmoralsBandBethics
AccordingBtoBKohlberg,BlevelB3,BwhichBisBpostconventionalBorBself-
acceptedBmoralBprinciples,B-
BAnswerisBtheBhighestBlevelBofBmorality.BHowever,BsomeBpeopleBneverBreachBthisBlevel.
TheBzoneBofBproximalBdevelopmentB-BAnswerwasBpioneeredBbyBLevBVygotsky
