NCE Practice Test Questions with Answers
a group counselor uses techniques based on implosive by imitation is a type of learning that involves a child
therapy in her work. which theorist is responsible for watching someone perform a task and
implosive therapy? later performing the task by herself.
a. ellis
b. beck
c. janov According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop
d. stampfl - ANSWER -d. stampfl - abreactive form a strong sense of identity, the
of therapy often used with highly phobic clients. clients are individual will have troubles with the development of:
induced to read or hear about or imagine frightening a. autonomy
depictions of what might happen if they are forced to face b. initiative
their fear. idea is that the person will become desensitized c. intimacy
d. integrity - ANSWER -C. In Erickson's theory of
psychosocial development, individuals who fail to achieve
a group counselor decides to make graphs of the the goal of the lower level of development will have
psychological test data for all of her clients over the past problems attaining the developmental task at the next
year. when she plots the distribution of beck depression stage of development. In the example above, the
inventory data, she notices it it skewed to the left. which of individual failed to achieve identity, which occurs during
the following statements is true if a distribution is skewed adolescence. Therefore, in young adulthood, the individual
to the left? will have problems attaining intimacy, which is the
a. the mean is greater than the median developmental task to be achieved at
b. the mean is less than the median this level. For autonomy, the individual would have to have
c. the mean and median are the same failed to attain basic trust; for initiative, the individual would
d. the mode is the best measure of center - have to have failed to attain autonomy; and for integrity,
ANSWER -b. the mean is less than the median - it the
means that although most of the scores are to the right of individual would have to have failed to attain generativity.
the distribution, there are a few low scores pulling the
distribution to the left. the mean is most impacted by the
extreme scores. Because the extreme scores in this dist. Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in
are low, the value of the mean will be made less than the Freud's theory of personality
value of the median development?
a. Oral, genital, latency, anal, phallic
b. Genital, anal, phallic, oral, latency
Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; c. Latency, phallic, oral, anal, genital
she tries but cannot build a d. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital - ANSWER -D.
tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. The best way to remember Freud's psychosexual stages
Later, Susie builds a four-block of development is to think about what key tasks individuals
tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, do throughout childhood. The first thing infants do is suck
the inability to build the tower on (oral). Next, babies begin toilet training (anal), then
her own is known as: discover the difference between boys and girls (phallic).
a. scaffolding Next, children spend time growing physically and
b. the zone of proximal development cognitively but are latent in the psychosexual realm (not
c. assisted discovery focusing on anything sexual); finally, puberty sets in and
d. learning by imitation - ANSWER -B. "Scaffolding" they begin to think about sex again and are focused on
is a term used by Vygotsky that explains what Susie's their own genitals.
mother is doing.
She is adjusting her level of support to Susie based on
Susie's level of performance. The zone Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob
of proximal development involves a range of tasks that asks why, his father responds,
are too difficult for the child to do "Because I said so." The father's response is most
alone but possible to do with the help of adults or other, representative of which parenting style?
more-skilled children. "Assisted a. Uninvolved
discovery" is another term used by Vygotsky to describe b. Authoritarian
learning situations that a teacher c. Authoritative
sets up within a classroom so that children are guided into d. Permissive - ANSWER -B. The authoritarian
discovering learning. Learning parenting style uses coercive techniques and
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psychological control to discipline children, whereas the This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of
authoritative parenting style emphasizes some control but moral development?
allows for some independence. The uninvolved parenting a. Integrity versus despair
style rarely uses any control and the parent seems to be b. Preconventional
indifferent to the child's level of independence. In the c. Conventional
permissive parenting style, the parents are typically d. Postconventional - ANSWER -B. Integrity versus
overindulgent with the child. They exert very little control despair is one of the stages in Erickson's psychosocial
and are lenient when it comes to granting independence developmental theory. Kohlberg postulated that in the first
to the child. level, preconventional, individuals are concerned with
consequences imposed upon them for wrongdoing. Thus,
in the example, Cody wanted to avoid being punished by
Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different having his television privileges taken away. At the
kinds of "surrogate mothers" to conventional level, an individual wants to conform to
investigate which factors are important in early societal rules so that authority rules and order is
development and attachment. According to maintained. At the postconventional level, individuals
his findings, baby monkeys: define morality in terms
a. preferred a soft terrycloth "mother" to a wire-mesh of universal values and altruism.
"mother" that held a bottle
b. preferred a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle to a
soft terrycloth "mother" Josie likes to play peek-a-boo with her little brother, Jack.
c. showed no preference According to Piaget, Jack finds
d. preferred neither "mother" - ANSWER -A. In Harry this game fun because he has acquired ____________,
Harlow's experiments, he found that baby monkeys which is one of the primary tasks of the
preferred physical comfort to hunger satisfaction. In other sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
words, the baby monkeys wanted to be close to a a. conservation
soft terrycloth "mother" rather than a wire-mesh "mother," b. dual representation
even though the latter presented food. Therefore, c. object permanence
attachment involves more than hunger satisfaction. It d. reversibility - ANSWER -C. Piaget proposed that
involves having close contact with a "loving" caregiver. there are four stages of cognitive development. The first
stage is the sensorimotor stage, whereby the infant or
toddler recognizes that even though
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the something is out of sight, it still exists. Piaget's second
United States? stage of cognitive development is the preoperational stage
a. Male suicide is four times higher than that among (early childhood years) in which children begin to
females. recognize that something can be an object as well as a
b. It occurs in age groups of 90 years and up. symbol (dual representation). The third stage of cognitive
c. Psychiatrists, physicians, and dentists are most prone. development according to Piaget is called the concrete
d. Asking someone about suicide may push that person operational stage, during which children 6 to 11 years old
over the edge. - ANSWER -D. If someone is thinking develop the capacity of both conservation (object
about suicide, asking that person about suicide will not permanence, or the understanding that physical
plant the seed or push her into committing suicide. It is characteristics of objects remain the same even if the
important that as a counselor, you ask clients about appearance is different) and reversibility (the ability to
suicide so that they can get the help they need. It is think through a series of steps and then to reverse the
necessary to assess suicidality whenever you suspect process mentally).
that someone is contemplating it or behaving in ways that
may suggest that she is contemplating it. It is best
practice to assess for suicidality at each session with your The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is:
clients. Suicide knows no age boundaries. Females a. Bowlby
attempt suicide at a rate three times higher than males, b. Adler
but males are successful more often, usually because c. Freud
they use more lethal methods than females. d. Piaget - ANSWER -A. When you think about
attachment and bonding, think about John Bowlby (1907-
1990). Adler is associated with birth order and family
Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want constellation, while Freud is
to lose his television privileges. associated with psychosexual development. Piaget is
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a group counselor uses techniques based on implosive by imitation is a type of learning that involves a child
therapy in her work. which theorist is responsible for watching someone perform a task and
implosive therapy? later performing the task by herself.
a. ellis
b. beck
c. janov According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop
d. stampfl - ANSWER -d. stampfl - abreactive form a strong sense of identity, the
of therapy often used with highly phobic clients. clients are individual will have troubles with the development of:
induced to read or hear about or imagine frightening a. autonomy
depictions of what might happen if they are forced to face b. initiative
their fear. idea is that the person will become desensitized c. intimacy
d. integrity - ANSWER -C. In Erickson's theory of
psychosocial development, individuals who fail to achieve
a group counselor decides to make graphs of the the goal of the lower level of development will have
psychological test data for all of her clients over the past problems attaining the developmental task at the next
year. when she plots the distribution of beck depression stage of development. In the example above, the
inventory data, she notices it it skewed to the left. which of individual failed to achieve identity, which occurs during
the following statements is true if a distribution is skewed adolescence. Therefore, in young adulthood, the individual
to the left? will have problems attaining intimacy, which is the
a. the mean is greater than the median developmental task to be achieved at
b. the mean is less than the median this level. For autonomy, the individual would have to have
c. the mean and median are the same failed to attain basic trust; for initiative, the individual would
d. the mode is the best measure of center - have to have failed to attain autonomy; and for integrity,
ANSWER -b. the mean is less than the median - it the
means that although most of the scores are to the right of individual would have to have failed to attain generativity.
the distribution, there are a few low scores pulling the
distribution to the left. the mean is most impacted by the
extreme scores. Because the extreme scores in this dist. Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in
are low, the value of the mean will be made less than the Freud's theory of personality
value of the median development?
a. Oral, genital, latency, anal, phallic
b. Genital, anal, phallic, oral, latency
Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; c. Latency, phallic, oral, anal, genital
she tries but cannot build a d. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital - ANSWER -D.
tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. The best way to remember Freud's psychosexual stages
Later, Susie builds a four-block of development is to think about what key tasks individuals
tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, do throughout childhood. The first thing infants do is suck
the inability to build the tower on (oral). Next, babies begin toilet training (anal), then
her own is known as: discover the difference between boys and girls (phallic).
a. scaffolding Next, children spend time growing physically and
b. the zone of proximal development cognitively but are latent in the psychosexual realm (not
c. assisted discovery focusing on anything sexual); finally, puberty sets in and
d. learning by imitation - ANSWER -B. "Scaffolding" they begin to think about sex again and are focused on
is a term used by Vygotsky that explains what Susie's their own genitals.
mother is doing.
She is adjusting her level of support to Susie based on
Susie's level of performance. The zone Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob
of proximal development involves a range of tasks that asks why, his father responds,
are too difficult for the child to do "Because I said so." The father's response is most
alone but possible to do with the help of adults or other, representative of which parenting style?
more-skilled children. "Assisted a. Uninvolved
discovery" is another term used by Vygotsky to describe b. Authoritarian
learning situations that a teacher c. Authoritative
sets up within a classroom so that children are guided into d. Permissive - ANSWER -B. The authoritarian
discovering learning. Learning parenting style uses coercive techniques and
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psychological control to discipline children, whereas the This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of
authoritative parenting style emphasizes some control but moral development?
allows for some independence. The uninvolved parenting a. Integrity versus despair
style rarely uses any control and the parent seems to be b. Preconventional
indifferent to the child's level of independence. In the c. Conventional
permissive parenting style, the parents are typically d. Postconventional - ANSWER -B. Integrity versus
overindulgent with the child. They exert very little control despair is one of the stages in Erickson's psychosocial
and are lenient when it comes to granting independence developmental theory. Kohlberg postulated that in the first
to the child. level, preconventional, individuals are concerned with
consequences imposed upon them for wrongdoing. Thus,
in the example, Cody wanted to avoid being punished by
Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different having his television privileges taken away. At the
kinds of "surrogate mothers" to conventional level, an individual wants to conform to
investigate which factors are important in early societal rules so that authority rules and order is
development and attachment. According to maintained. At the postconventional level, individuals
his findings, baby monkeys: define morality in terms
a. preferred a soft terrycloth "mother" to a wire-mesh of universal values and altruism.
"mother" that held a bottle
b. preferred a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle to a
soft terrycloth "mother" Josie likes to play peek-a-boo with her little brother, Jack.
c. showed no preference According to Piaget, Jack finds
d. preferred neither "mother" - ANSWER -A. In Harry this game fun because he has acquired ____________,
Harlow's experiments, he found that baby monkeys which is one of the primary tasks of the
preferred physical comfort to hunger satisfaction. In other sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
words, the baby monkeys wanted to be close to a a. conservation
soft terrycloth "mother" rather than a wire-mesh "mother," b. dual representation
even though the latter presented food. Therefore, c. object permanence
attachment involves more than hunger satisfaction. It d. reversibility - ANSWER -C. Piaget proposed that
involves having close contact with a "loving" caregiver. there are four stages of cognitive development. The first
stage is the sensorimotor stage, whereby the infant or
toddler recognizes that even though
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the something is out of sight, it still exists. Piaget's second
United States? stage of cognitive development is the preoperational stage
a. Male suicide is four times higher than that among (early childhood years) in which children begin to
females. recognize that something can be an object as well as a
b. It occurs in age groups of 90 years and up. symbol (dual representation). The third stage of cognitive
c. Psychiatrists, physicians, and dentists are most prone. development according to Piaget is called the concrete
d. Asking someone about suicide may push that person operational stage, during which children 6 to 11 years old
over the edge. - ANSWER -D. If someone is thinking develop the capacity of both conservation (object
about suicide, asking that person about suicide will not permanence, or the understanding that physical
plant the seed or push her into committing suicide. It is characteristics of objects remain the same even if the
important that as a counselor, you ask clients about appearance is different) and reversibility (the ability to
suicide so that they can get the help they need. It is think through a series of steps and then to reverse the
necessary to assess suicidality whenever you suspect process mentally).
that someone is contemplating it or behaving in ways that
may suggest that she is contemplating it. It is best
practice to assess for suicidality at each session with your The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is:
clients. Suicide knows no age boundaries. Females a. Bowlby
attempt suicide at a rate three times higher than males, b. Adler
but males are successful more often, usually because c. Freud
they use more lethal methods than females. d. Piaget - ANSWER -A. When you think about
attachment and bonding, think about John Bowlby (1907-
1990). Adler is associated with birth order and family
Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want constellation, while Freud is
to lose his television privileges. associated with psychosexual development. Piaget is
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