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CPCE Study Guide — Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination, Study guide exam questions and answers

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This document contains a CPCE study guide with exam questions and corresponding answers for comprehensive exam preparation. It covers major counseling domains, including counseling theories, human development, assessment, career development, group counseling, research methods, and professional ethics.

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CPCE STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



Who is famous for the "hierarchy of needs?" - correct answer
Abraham Maslow


What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs postulate? - correct answer
lower-order physiological & safety needs and higher-order
needs (self-actualization)


first/lower: basics like food/water
safety/security
need for love/affection/belonging
highest level: self-actualization (being all that one can be)

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Robert Kegan's 6 stages of lifespan development are: - correct
answer incorporative

impulse
imperial
interpersonal
institutional
interindividual


Who is Robert Kegan? - correct answer adult cognitive development
stresses interpersonal development
constructive model of development, meaning individuals
construct reality through the lifespan


What is relativistic thinking according to Ed Neukrug? - correct
answer as teens enter adulthood, they realize not everything is
right or wrong, but an answer can exist relative to a specific
situation


Who is Robert/William Perry? - correct answer adult cognitive
development/college students
dualistic thinking; common in teens to conceptualize good/bad;
right/wrong

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Who is known for their work in strategic & problem-solving
therapy, utilizing the "paradox" technique? - correct answer Jay
Haley


Who is associated with brief psychotherapy and hypnosis? -
correct answer Milton H. Erikson



What is Erik Erikson known for? - correct answer psychosocial
stages of development
8 stages through the lifespan:


1. trust v mistrust (birth - 12 mo)
2. autonomy v shame & doubt (1-3 y/o
3. initiative v guilt (3-6 y/o)
4. industry v inferiority (6-12 y/o)
5. identity v confusion (12-18 y/o)
6. intimacy v isolation (20-40)
7. generativity v stagnation (40-60)
8. integrity v despair (60+)

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