NCE and CPCE Study Guide
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What does CACREP stand for? Correct Answer: the Council for the
Accreditation and Counseling Related Educational Programs
What does CCE stand for? Correct Answer: Center for Credentialing and
Education, inc
What does REBT stand for and who is the main theorist associated with it?
Correct Answer: Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy; Ellis.
Name Freud's Psychosexual stages of development. Correct Answer: Oral, Anal,
Phallic, Latent, and Genital. (Mnemonic device: Oh, Anthony, Please Let's Go!)
Describe Erik Erikson's stages. Correct Answer: Erik Erikson is an Ego psychologist
and a disciple of Freud. His 8 stages focus on social relationships, therefore they
are called psychosocial. Each stage has a crisis that must be overcome in order
to move on to the next stage. His stages are Trust v. Mistrust; Autonomy v.
Shame/doubt; Industry v. Inferiority; Initiative vs. Guilt; Identity v. Role confusion;
Intimacy v. Isolation; Generativity vs. Stagnation; Integrity vs. Despair.
(Mnemonic device: The Air In Iceland Is Icy, Greenland Isn't.)
define psychometric. Correct Answer: pertaining to mental testing and
measurement
define psychodiagnostic Correct Answer: the study of personality through
interpretation of behavior and non-verbal cues; or labeling a client in a
diagnostic category.
define psychopharmacology Correct Answer: the study of the effects drugs
have on psychological functions.
,What is the id? Correct Answer: the basic instinct principle in Freudian theory. It is
the seat of aggression and sexual impulse. It is devoid of logic and time
orientation. It is chaotic and bodily focused.
What is the ego? Correct Answer: this is the reality principle in Freudian theory. It
indicates power of reasoning and control over behavior. It helps keep the
impulses of the id in check.
What is the superego? Correct Answer: the superego is the moralistic and
idealistic principle in the Freudian theory.
Which group of theorists believe "if you can't measure it, it doesn't exist"? Correct
Answer: Behaviorists. They focus on O.O.B. The observable, objective behaviors.
(My AP psych teacher in HS called it the O.O.B. tampon. gross, but it helped me
remember it!)
Who is the only psychoanalyst with a developmental theory that covered the
entire lifespan? Correct Answer: Erik Erikson's Psychosocial stages covered the
entire lifespan. Each stage has a crisis or turning point.
What theory is A. A. Brill associated with? Correct Answer: Career theory
Milton H. Erickson is associated with... Correct Answer: Brief psychotherapy and
hypnosis.
What field is Jean Piaget associated with? Correct Answer: Cognitive Child
Development
Who is Jay Haley and what is the nature of his contribution to counseling?
Correct Answer: Haley is most famous for his work on strategic and problem-
solving therapy, more specifically with his use of the paradox technique. He also
studied with Milton Erickson.
, Arnold Lazarus Correct Answer: He is a known behavioral therapist who worked
specifically with methods of desensitization and phobias. He is most associated
with Multimodal Therapy.
William Perry Correct Answer: He is known for his work in adult cognitive
development, specifically with college students. He worked a lot with the
concept of "dualistic thinking" among college students, where everything is
either black or white. (Memory technique: think of Katy Perry's song Hot and
Cold to associate Perry with dualism.)
Ed Neukrug Correct Answer: Also a cognitive developmentalist. His work is similar
to Perry's. He noted that college students initially think that their professor has all
the answers (dualistic), but gradually get to a more relativistic way of thinking
and realize that answers exist that are relative to a given situation. (Memory
technique: "What do you THINK about Ed nuking the rug??" Think= cognitive
dev, Ed Neukrug.)
Robert Kegan Correct Answer: Yet another adult cognitive developmentalist.
SPecifically with interpersonal development. His theory was called the
Constructive Model of Development- people construct reality throughout the
lifespan.
What are Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development in order? Correct Answer:
Sensorimotor; Preoperational; Concrete; Formal. These stages must occur in
order, but may be experienced at varying ages.
What is the major critique of Jean Piaget's research? Correct Answer: He spent
too much time observing his own kids, and thus drawing his conclusions from a
small, specific, population.
Who formulated the very first intelligence test? Correct Answer: Alfred Binet. In
France. Oh la la!
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What does CACREP stand for? Correct Answer: the Council for the
Accreditation and Counseling Related Educational Programs
What does CCE stand for? Correct Answer: Center for Credentialing and
Education, inc
What does REBT stand for and who is the main theorist associated with it?
Correct Answer: Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy; Ellis.
Name Freud's Psychosexual stages of development. Correct Answer: Oral, Anal,
Phallic, Latent, and Genital. (Mnemonic device: Oh, Anthony, Please Let's Go!)
Describe Erik Erikson's stages. Correct Answer: Erik Erikson is an Ego psychologist
and a disciple of Freud. His 8 stages focus on social relationships, therefore they
are called psychosocial. Each stage has a crisis that must be overcome in order
to move on to the next stage. His stages are Trust v. Mistrust; Autonomy v.
Shame/doubt; Industry v. Inferiority; Initiative vs. Guilt; Identity v. Role confusion;
Intimacy v. Isolation; Generativity vs. Stagnation; Integrity vs. Despair.
(Mnemonic device: The Air In Iceland Is Icy, Greenland Isn't.)
define psychometric. Correct Answer: pertaining to mental testing and
measurement
define psychodiagnostic Correct Answer: the study of personality through
interpretation of behavior and non-verbal cues; or labeling a client in a
diagnostic category.
define psychopharmacology Correct Answer: the study of the effects drugs
have on psychological functions.
,What is the id? Correct Answer: the basic instinct principle in Freudian theory. It is
the seat of aggression and sexual impulse. It is devoid of logic and time
orientation. It is chaotic and bodily focused.
What is the ego? Correct Answer: this is the reality principle in Freudian theory. It
indicates power of reasoning and control over behavior. It helps keep the
impulses of the id in check.
What is the superego? Correct Answer: the superego is the moralistic and
idealistic principle in the Freudian theory.
Which group of theorists believe "if you can't measure it, it doesn't exist"? Correct
Answer: Behaviorists. They focus on O.O.B. The observable, objective behaviors.
(My AP psych teacher in HS called it the O.O.B. tampon. gross, but it helped me
remember it!)
Who is the only psychoanalyst with a developmental theory that covered the
entire lifespan? Correct Answer: Erik Erikson's Psychosocial stages covered the
entire lifespan. Each stage has a crisis or turning point.
What theory is A. A. Brill associated with? Correct Answer: Career theory
Milton H. Erickson is associated with... Correct Answer: Brief psychotherapy and
hypnosis.
What field is Jean Piaget associated with? Correct Answer: Cognitive Child
Development
Who is Jay Haley and what is the nature of his contribution to counseling?
Correct Answer: Haley is most famous for his work on strategic and problem-
solving therapy, more specifically with his use of the paradox technique. He also
studied with Milton Erickson.
, Arnold Lazarus Correct Answer: He is a known behavioral therapist who worked
specifically with methods of desensitization and phobias. He is most associated
with Multimodal Therapy.
William Perry Correct Answer: He is known for his work in adult cognitive
development, specifically with college students. He worked a lot with the
concept of "dualistic thinking" among college students, where everything is
either black or white. (Memory technique: think of Katy Perry's song Hot and
Cold to associate Perry with dualism.)
Ed Neukrug Correct Answer: Also a cognitive developmentalist. His work is similar
to Perry's. He noted that college students initially think that their professor has all
the answers (dualistic), but gradually get to a more relativistic way of thinking
and realize that answers exist that are relative to a given situation. (Memory
technique: "What do you THINK about Ed nuking the rug??" Think= cognitive
dev, Ed Neukrug.)
Robert Kegan Correct Answer: Yet another adult cognitive developmentalist.
SPecifically with interpersonal development. His theory was called the
Constructive Model of Development- people construct reality throughout the
lifespan.
What are Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development in order? Correct Answer:
Sensorimotor; Preoperational; Concrete; Formal. These stages must occur in
order, but may be experienced at varying ages.
What is the major critique of Jean Piaget's research? Correct Answer: He spent
too much time observing his own kids, and thus drawing his conclusions from a
small, specific, population.
Who formulated the very first intelligence test? Correct Answer: Alfred Binet. In
France. Oh la la!
