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NCE and CPCE Study Guide Questions &
100% Correct Answers
What does CACREP stand for?
✓ ~~> the Council for the Accreditation and Counseling Related
Educational Programs
What does CCE stand for?
✓ ~~> Center for Credentialing and Education, inc
What does REBT stand for and who is the main theorist associated with it?
✓ ~~> Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy; Ellis.
Name Freud's Psychosexual stages of development.
✓ ~~> Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latent, and Genital. (Mnemonic device: Oh,
Anthony, Please Let's Go!)
Describe Erik Erikson's stages.
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✓ ~~> 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.
✓ ~~> pertaining to mental testing and measurement
define psychodiagnostic
✓ ~~> the study of personality through interpretation of behavior and
non-verbal cues; or labeling a client in a diagnostic category.
define psychopharmacology
✓ ~~> the study of the effects drugs have on psychological functions.
What is the id?
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✓ ~~> 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?
✓ ~~> 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?
✓ ~~> 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"?
✓ ~~> 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?
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✓ ~~> 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?
✓ ~~> Career theory
Milton H. Erickson is associated with...
✓ ~~> Brief psychotherapy and hypnosis.
What field is Jean Piaget associated with?
✓ ~~> Cognitive Child Development
Who is Jay Haley and what is the nature of his contribution to counseling?
✓ ~~> 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
Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update
NCE and CPCE Study Guide Questions &
100% Correct Answers
What does CACREP stand for?
✓ ~~> the Council for the Accreditation and Counseling Related
Educational Programs
What does CCE stand for?
✓ ~~> Center for Credentialing and Education, inc
What does REBT stand for and who is the main theorist associated with it?
✓ ~~> Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy; Ellis.
Name Freud's Psychosexual stages of development.
✓ ~~> Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latent, and Genital. (Mnemonic device: Oh,
Anthony, Please Let's Go!)
Describe Erik Erikson's stages.
Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update
, 2 | P a g e | © copyright 2024/2025 | Grade A+
✓ ~~> 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.
✓ ~~> pertaining to mental testing and measurement
define psychodiagnostic
✓ ~~> the study of personality through interpretation of behavior and
non-verbal cues; or labeling a client in a diagnostic category.
define psychopharmacology
✓ ~~> the study of the effects drugs have on psychological functions.
What is the id?
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✓ ~~> 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?
✓ ~~> 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?
✓ ~~> 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"?
✓ ~~> 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?
Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update
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✓ ~~> 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?
✓ ~~> Career theory
Milton H. Erickson is associated with...
✓ ~~> Brief psychotherapy and hypnosis.
What field is Jean Piaget associated with?
✓ ~~> Cognitive Child Development
Who is Jay Haley and what is the nature of his contribution to counseling?
✓ ~~> 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
Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update
