NCE Practice Test Questions With New
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/. 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: - Answer-✅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: - Answer-✅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? - Answer-✅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? - Answer-✅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: - Answer-✅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? - Answer-✅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? - Answer-
✅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. - Answer-✅Object permanence
/.The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is: - Answer-✅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: - Answer-✅Ego
integrity stage
/.When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in ____________
aggression than boys. - Answer-✅Relational
/.All of the following are physical characteristics of Down Syndrome EXCEPT: - Answer-
✅Large hands and feet
/.Which of the following statements is true when considering cultural and familial
influences on self-esteem? - Answer-✅An authoritative parenting style usually allows
children to have especially high self-esteem
/.Research on gay and lesbian couples - Answer-✅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? -
Answer-✅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 __________. - Answer-
✅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 __________. - Answer-✅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.
/.In what ways do stereotypes distort reality? - Answer-✅Stereotypes distort one's ideas
about how one group is so different from
another group. In reality, the differences between groups are not as extreme as
stereotypes
make them out to be.
/.Jennifer has to choose between spending the evening at home with her parents or
spending the evening babysitting her younger sister. Jennifer does not like either of
these
choices. This situation describes an: - Answer-✅Since Jennifer doesn't like either of the
choices, this would
be an avoidance-avoidance conflict. It is simply picking between the lesser of two evils.
/.Connie tells each of her clients that the best way she can help them is to attempt to
look
at the world from the client's point of view. This counselor is taking the _________
perspective - Answer-✅Emic (this view considers that culture matters)
/.Working with individuals from different cultures requires that the counselor: - Answer-
✅Have sensitivity and knowledge about other cultures.
/.A high standard of counseling practice when working with diverse populations involves
all of the following EXCEPT: - Answer-✅Treating all clients the same way
/.When working with individuals from different cultures, the effective counselor may
NOT: - Answer-✅Maintain good eye contact at all times.
/.Murray is a bright student, but he procrastinates. He puts off writing term papers and
gets incompletes, which eventually become Fs. Murray's therapist helps him establish
small,
specific goals rather than vague, long-range goals. The therapist also asks Murray to
keep a
diary of how he is spending his time when he is avoiding his studies. The method used
to
help Murray deal with his problem is __________ therapy. - Answer-✅Behavioral
/.The social learning perspective is to the psychodynamic perspective as
____________________ are to ________________________ - Answer-
✅Environmental conditions, unconscious dynamics
Update Solutions
/. 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: - Answer-✅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: - Answer-✅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? - Answer-✅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? - Answer-✅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: - Answer-✅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? - Answer-✅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? - Answer-
✅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. - Answer-✅Object permanence
/.The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is: - Answer-✅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: - Answer-✅Ego
integrity stage
/.When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in ____________
aggression than boys. - Answer-✅Relational
/.All of the following are physical characteristics of Down Syndrome EXCEPT: - Answer-
✅Large hands and feet
/.Which of the following statements is true when considering cultural and familial
influences on self-esteem? - Answer-✅An authoritative parenting style usually allows
children to have especially high self-esteem
/.Research on gay and lesbian couples - Answer-✅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? -
Answer-✅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 __________. - Answer-
✅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 __________. - Answer-✅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.
/.In what ways do stereotypes distort reality? - Answer-✅Stereotypes distort one's ideas
about how one group is so different from
another group. In reality, the differences between groups are not as extreme as
stereotypes
make them out to be.
/.Jennifer has to choose between spending the evening at home with her parents or
spending the evening babysitting her younger sister. Jennifer does not like either of
these
choices. This situation describes an: - Answer-✅Since Jennifer doesn't like either of the
choices, this would
be an avoidance-avoidance conflict. It is simply picking between the lesser of two evils.
/.Connie tells each of her clients that the best way she can help them is to attempt to
look
at the world from the client's point of view. This counselor is taking the _________
perspective - Answer-✅Emic (this view considers that culture matters)
/.Working with individuals from different cultures requires that the counselor: - Answer-
✅Have sensitivity and knowledge about other cultures.
/.A high standard of counseling practice when working with diverse populations involves
all of the following EXCEPT: - Answer-✅Treating all clients the same way
/.When working with individuals from different cultures, the effective counselor may
NOT: - Answer-✅Maintain good eye contact at all times.
/.Murray is a bright student, but he procrastinates. He puts off writing term papers and
gets incompletes, which eventually become Fs. Murray's therapist helps him establish
small,
specific goals rather than vague, long-range goals. The therapist also asks Murray to
keep a
diary of how he is spending his time when he is avoiding his studies. The method used
to
help Murray deal with his problem is __________ therapy. - Answer-✅Behavioral
/.The social learning perspective is to the psychodynamic perspective as
____________________ are to ________________________ - Answer-
✅Environmental conditions, unconscious dynamics
