NCE Practice Test Questions UPDATED
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
- 1. Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she
tries but cannot build a
tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later, Susie
builds a four-block
tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, the inability
to build the tower on
her own is known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS The zone of
proximal development (this is a range of tasks that are too difficult for
children to do alone, but possible with help)
According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong
sense of identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Intimacy (individuals who fail to attain a lower
level of development will fail to attain the next higher level).
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's
theory of personality
development? - CORRECT ANSWERS Oral, anal, phallic,
latency, genital
Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob asks why, his
father responds,
,"Because I said so." The father's response is most representative of
which parenting style? - CORRECT ANSWERS Authoritarian
(uses coercion and psychological control to discipline children)
Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of
"surrogate mothers" to
investigate which factors are important in early development and
attachment. According to
his findings, baby monkeys: - CORRECT ANSWERS
Preferred a soft terry cloth mother to a wire mesh mother than
holds a bottle.
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Asking someone about suicide may
push that person over the edge.
Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want to lose his
television privileges.
This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of moral
development? - CORRECT ANSWERS Preconventional (the
individual is most concerned with consequences)
Josie likes to play peek-a-boo with her little brother, Jack. According
to Piaget, Jack finds
this game fun because he has acquired ____________, which is one
of the primary tasks of the
sensorimotor stage of cognitive development. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Object permanence
,The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Bowlby
Henry, a 72-year-old widower, reminisces with his daughter about his
life. He talks
about his successes and regrets. This is an example of Erikson's: -
CORRECT ANSWERS Ego integrity stage
When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in
____________
aggression than boys. - CORRECT ANSWERS Relational
All of the following are physical characteristics of Down Syndrome
EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWERS Large hands and feet
Which of the following statements is true when considering cultural
and familial
influences on self-esteem? - CORRECT ANSWERS An
authoritative parenting style usually allows children to have especially
high self-esteem
Research on gay and lesbian couples - CORRECT ANSWERS
They are as dedicated to and as effective at child rearing as are
heterosexual parents.
, In the Stanford prison study, what caused the guards to treat the
prisoners harshly? - CORRECT ANSWERS It was the social
context that determined the behaviors of both the guards and the
prisoners. In the Stanford prison study, the setting was so realistic that
the participants
became guards and prisoners. Their personal identities were masked
by the context of
being in a prison as either a guard or a prisoner
In the original studies, Milgram and his colleagues found that people
were more likely to
disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT when
__________. - CORRECT ANSWERS the victim was in an
adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every sound the victim made
In the Stanford prison simulation, male college students agreed to
participate in an
experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the
roles of prisoners and
guards. The researchers found that __________. - CORRECT
ANSWERS The individuals who played one role or another
really took on their role. It did not matter how the guards treated them
or acted toward them, the fact that they became like "real" prisoners
was the key finding. Individuals who played guards took on behaviors
of "real" guards; and individuals who played prisoners took on
behaviors of "real" prisoners.
Study Guide QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
- 1. Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she
tries but cannot build a
tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later, Susie
builds a four-block
tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, the inability
to build the tower on
her own is known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS The zone of
proximal development (this is a range of tasks that are too difficult for
children to do alone, but possible with help)
According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong
sense of identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Intimacy (individuals who fail to attain a lower
level of development will fail to attain the next higher level).
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's
theory of personality
development? - CORRECT ANSWERS Oral, anal, phallic,
latency, genital
Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob asks why, his
father responds,
,"Because I said so." The father's response is most representative of
which parenting style? - CORRECT ANSWERS Authoritarian
(uses coercion and psychological control to discipline children)
Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of
"surrogate mothers" to
investigate which factors are important in early development and
attachment. According to
his findings, baby monkeys: - CORRECT ANSWERS
Preferred a soft terry cloth mother to a wire mesh mother than
holds a bottle.
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Asking someone about suicide may
push that person over the edge.
Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want to lose his
television privileges.
This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of moral
development? - CORRECT ANSWERS Preconventional (the
individual is most concerned with consequences)
Josie likes to play peek-a-boo with her little brother, Jack. According
to Piaget, Jack finds
this game fun because he has acquired ____________, which is one
of the primary tasks of the
sensorimotor stage of cognitive development. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Object permanence
,The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Bowlby
Henry, a 72-year-old widower, reminisces with his daughter about his
life. He talks
about his successes and regrets. This is an example of Erikson's: -
CORRECT ANSWERS Ego integrity stage
When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in
____________
aggression than boys. - CORRECT ANSWERS Relational
All of the following are physical characteristics of Down Syndrome
EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWERS Large hands and feet
Which of the following statements is true when considering cultural
and familial
influences on self-esteem? - CORRECT ANSWERS An
authoritative parenting style usually allows children to have especially
high self-esteem
Research on gay and lesbian couples - CORRECT ANSWERS
They are as dedicated to and as effective at child rearing as are
heterosexual parents.
, In the Stanford prison study, what caused the guards to treat the
prisoners harshly? - CORRECT ANSWERS It was the social
context that determined the behaviors of both the guards and the
prisoners. In the Stanford prison study, the setting was so realistic that
the participants
became guards and prisoners. Their personal identities were masked
by the context of
being in a prison as either a guard or a prisoner
In the original studies, Milgram and his colleagues found that people
were more likely to
disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT when
__________. - CORRECT ANSWERS the victim was in an
adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every sound the victim made
In the Stanford prison simulation, male college students agreed to
participate in an
experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the
roles of prisoners and
guards. The researchers found that __________. - CORRECT
ANSWERS The individuals who played one role or another
really took on their role. It did not matter how the guards treated them
or acted toward them, the fact that they became like "real" prisoners
was the key finding. Individuals who played guards took on behaviors
of "real" guards; and individuals who played prisoners took on
behaviors of "real" prisoners.
