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NCE ACTUAL PRACTICE EXAM/STUDY
GUIDE 2026 ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY
A GRADED WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK
|NEW AND REVISED
Males are better than females when performing math calculations is -
ANSWER- true according to research by Maccoby and Jacklin (sex-role
differences may come from child-rearing patterns than biology). They
were only better in highschool and college
Intimacy vs. Isolation - ANSWER- Erikson's 6th stage in which
individuals form deeply personal relationships, marry, begin families
In Harry Harlow's experiments with baby monkeys - ANSWER- the
baby monkey was more likely to cling to a terry-cloth surrogate mother
than a wire surrogate mother (contact comfort is important in infant's
development)
Freud's Psychosexual Stages - ANSWER- oral stage, anal stage, phallic
stage, latency stage, genital stage
In adolescence - ANSWER- Males commit suicide more often than
females.
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In the general US population - ANSWER- suicide rates tend to increase
with age.
The fear of death - ANSWER- is greatest during middle age.
In Freudian theory, attachment is a major factor - ANSWER- which
evolves primarily during the oral stage
When comparing girls to boys - ANSWER- girls grow up to smile more,
girls are using more feeling words by age 2, girls are better able to read
ppl without verbal cues at any age.
The Freudian developmental stage which "least" emphasizes sexuality is
- ANSWER- latency (social interests replace sexual interests)
In terms of parenting young children - ANSWER- boys are punished
more than girls
Nature vs. Nurture - ANSWER- Heredity vs. Environment
Stage theorists assume - ANSWER- qualitative changes between stages
occur
Development - ANSWER- is a continuous process which begins at
conception
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Development is cephalocaudal - ANSWER- head to foot (head of the
fetus develops earlier than the legs
Heredity is the transmission of traits from parents to offspring and -
ANSWER- assumes a normal person has 23 pairs of chromosomes, that
heredity characteristics are transmitted by chromosomes, assumes genes
composed of DNA hold a genetic code
Piaget's final stage, formal operational stage. In this stage - ANSWER-
abstract thinking emerges, problems can be solved using deduction
Kohlberg lists _______ stages of moral development which fall into
_______ levels. - ANSWER- 6;3 (Preconventional:
punishment/obedience orientation & naive hedonism; Conventional:
good girl/good boy & authority, law and order; Postconventional: social
contract & morality of self-accepted principles)
Person who lives by her conscience and universal ethical principles -
ANSWER- has reached Kohlberg's highest stage of moral development
and is in the postconventional level of self-accepted moral principals.
Freud's Oedipus Complex - ANSWER- is the stage in which fantasies of
sexual relations with the opposite-sex parent occur; occurs during phallic
stage
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In girls the Oedipus complex may be referred to as - ANSWER- Electra
complex
Eleanor Gibson - ANSWER- The "visual cliff" experiment. Showed that
depth perception cues are innate.
Theorists who believe that development merely consists of quantitative
changes are referred to as - ANSWER- Empiricists
A empiricist view of development - ANSWER- behavioristic
Harlow: Frightened monkeys - ANSWER- Ran over and clung to cloth
and wire surrogate mothers. Contact was more important than milk and
monkeys preferred terry-cloth mothers over wire mothers even when
they both dispensed milk
An only child - ANSWER- According to Adler's birth order theory, a
child who interacts well with adults, but has difficulty sharing and
interacting cooperatively with peers is most commonly:
The primary purpose of vocational intervention related to Cognitive
Information Processing is: - ANSWER- To provide situations that will
develop the client's processing abilities
Mark has been irritable all day for several days now. He is demanding,
like a drill sergeant. He runs around day and night and can be heard
barking orders and talking to no one in particular. Mark seems angry
NCE ACTUAL PRACTICE EXAM/STUDY
GUIDE 2026 ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY
A GRADED WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK
|NEW AND REVISED
Males are better than females when performing math calculations is -
ANSWER- true according to research by Maccoby and Jacklin (sex-role
differences may come from child-rearing patterns than biology). They
were only better in highschool and college
Intimacy vs. Isolation - ANSWER- Erikson's 6th stage in which
individuals form deeply personal relationships, marry, begin families
In Harry Harlow's experiments with baby monkeys - ANSWER- the
baby monkey was more likely to cling to a terry-cloth surrogate mother
than a wire surrogate mother (contact comfort is important in infant's
development)
Freud's Psychosexual Stages - ANSWER- oral stage, anal stage, phallic
stage, latency stage, genital stage
In adolescence - ANSWER- Males commit suicide more often than
females.
,2|Page
In the general US population - ANSWER- suicide rates tend to increase
with age.
The fear of death - ANSWER- is greatest during middle age.
In Freudian theory, attachment is a major factor - ANSWER- which
evolves primarily during the oral stage
When comparing girls to boys - ANSWER- girls grow up to smile more,
girls are using more feeling words by age 2, girls are better able to read
ppl without verbal cues at any age.
The Freudian developmental stage which "least" emphasizes sexuality is
- ANSWER- latency (social interests replace sexual interests)
In terms of parenting young children - ANSWER- boys are punished
more than girls
Nature vs. Nurture - ANSWER- Heredity vs. Environment
Stage theorists assume - ANSWER- qualitative changes between stages
occur
Development - ANSWER- is a continuous process which begins at
conception
,3|Page
Development is cephalocaudal - ANSWER- head to foot (head of the
fetus develops earlier than the legs
Heredity is the transmission of traits from parents to offspring and -
ANSWER- assumes a normal person has 23 pairs of chromosomes, that
heredity characteristics are transmitted by chromosomes, assumes genes
composed of DNA hold a genetic code
Piaget's final stage, formal operational stage. In this stage - ANSWER-
abstract thinking emerges, problems can be solved using deduction
Kohlberg lists _______ stages of moral development which fall into
_______ levels. - ANSWER- 6;3 (Preconventional:
punishment/obedience orientation & naive hedonism; Conventional:
good girl/good boy & authority, law and order; Postconventional: social
contract & morality of self-accepted principles)
Person who lives by her conscience and universal ethical principles -
ANSWER- has reached Kohlberg's highest stage of moral development
and is in the postconventional level of self-accepted moral principals.
Freud's Oedipus Complex - ANSWER- is the stage in which fantasies of
sexual relations with the opposite-sex parent occur; occurs during phallic
stage
, 4|Page
In girls the Oedipus complex may be referred to as - ANSWER- Electra
complex
Eleanor Gibson - ANSWER- The "visual cliff" experiment. Showed that
depth perception cues are innate.
Theorists who believe that development merely consists of quantitative
changes are referred to as - ANSWER- Empiricists
A empiricist view of development - ANSWER- behavioristic
Harlow: Frightened monkeys - ANSWER- Ran over and clung to cloth
and wire surrogate mothers. Contact was more important than milk and
monkeys preferred terry-cloth mothers over wire mothers even when
they both dispensed milk
An only child - ANSWER- According to Adler's birth order theory, a
child who interacts well with adults, but has difficulty sharing and
interacting cooperatively with peers is most commonly:
The primary purpose of vocational intervention related to Cognitive
Information Processing is: - ANSWER- To provide situations that will
develop the client's processing abilities
Mark has been irritable all day for several days now. He is demanding,
like a drill sergeant. He runs around day and night and can be heard
barking orders and talking to no one in particular. Mark seems angry
