CPCE/NCE PURPLE BOOK STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CPCE/NCE PURPLE BOOK STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stage are:
a) Psychometric
b) Psychodiagnostic
c) Psychopharmacological
d) Psychosocial
Answer:
d) Psychosocial

Question:
2. In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson's is an ego psychologist. Ego
psychologist...
a) emphasize id process
b) refute the concept of the superego.
c) believe in man's power of reasoning to control behavior.
d) are sometimes known as radical behaviorist.
Answer:
c) believe in man's power of reasoning to control behavior.

Question:
3. The only psychoanalyst who created a development theory which encompasses the entire life span
a) Erik Erikson
b) Milton H Erikson.
c) A.A. Brill
d) Jean Piaget, who created the four stage theory.
Answer:
a) Erik Erikson

Question:
4. The statement "the ego is dependent on the id" would most likely reflect the work of
a) Erik Erikson
b) Sigmund Freud, who created psychodynamic theory
c) Jay Hayley
d) Arnold Lazarus
Answer:
Sigmund Freud

Question:
5. Jean Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with four stages. The correct stages are:
a) formal operations, concrete operations, preparations, sensorimotor.
b) formal operations, preparations, concrete operations, sensorimotor.
c) sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations, formal operations.
d) concrete operations, sensorimotor, preoperations, formal operations.

,Answer:
c) sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations, formal operations.

Question:
6. Some behavioral scientists have been critical of Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget's developmental
research inasmuch as
a) he utilized the t test too frequently
b) he failed to check for Type I or alpha errors
c) he worked primarily with minority children.
d) his findings were often derived from observing his own children
Answer:
d) his findings were often derived from observing his own children

Question:
7. A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty pitcher. A child indicates that she feels the
small pitcher has less water. The child has not yet mastered
a) Symbolic Schema
b) Conservation
c) Androgynous psychological issues
d) Trust vs mistrust
Answer:
b) Conservation

Question:
8. In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to
a) Volume or mass
b) Defense if the ego
c) The sensorimotor intelligence stage
d) A specific psychosexual stage of life.
Answer:
a) Volume or mass

Question:
9. A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage known as
a) Formal Operations - 12 yeas and older
b) Concrete Operations - ages 7-11 years.
c) Preoperations - ages 2-7 years
d) Sensorimotor Intelligence - birth 2 years
Answer:
b) Concrete Operations - ages 7-11 years.

Question:
10. __________ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral development
a) Erik Erikson
b) Lev Vygotsky
c) Lawrence Kohlberg
d) John B. Watson

, Answer:
c) Lawrence Kohlberg

Question:
11. According to Jean Piaget, a child masters the concept of reversibility in the third stage, known as
concrete operations/concrete operational thought. This notion suggests
a) that heavier objects are more difficult for a child to lift.
b) the child is ambidextrous
c) the child is more cognizant of madd than weight
d) one can undo and action, hence an object can return to its initial shape
Answer:
d) one can undo and action, hence an object can return to its initial shape

Question:
12. During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old in Piaget's stage of preoperational thought says, "The rain is
following me". This is an example of
a) Egocentrism
b) Conservation
c) Centration
d) Abstract thought.
Answer:
a) Egocentrism

Question:
13. Lawrence Kohlberg suggested
a) A single level of morality
b) Two levels of morality
c) Three levels of morality
d) Preoperational thought as the basis for all morality.
Answer:
c) Three levels of morality

Question:
14. The Heinz Dilema is to Kohlberg's theory as
a) a brick is to a house
b) Freud is to jung
c) the Menninger Clinic is to biofeedback
d) a typing test is to the level of typing skill mastered
Answer:
d) a typing test is to the level of typing skill mastered

Question:
15. The term "identity crisis" comes from the work of
a) Counselors who stress RS involvement issues with clients
b) Erikson
c) Adler
d) Jung