NCE PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
1. 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 diflcult for children to
do alone, but possible with help)
2. According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of
identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of: Intimacy (individuals who fail to
attain a lower level of development will fail to attain the next higher level).
1. Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's
, theory of personality
development?
*Answer√√ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
3. 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)
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want to lose his televi-
sion privileges.
This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development?-
*Answer√√ Preconventional (the individual is most concerned with consequences)
, 7. 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
8. The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is
*Answer√√ Bowlby
9. 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
10. When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in
aggression than boys.
1. 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 diflcult for children to
do alone, but possible with help)
2. According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of
identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of: Intimacy (individuals who fail to
attain a lower level of development will fail to attain the next higher level).
1. Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's
, theory of personality
development?
*Answer√√ Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
3. 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)
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want to lose his televi-
sion privileges.
This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development?-
*Answer√√ Preconventional (the individual is most concerned with consequences)
, 7. 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
8. The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is
*Answer√√ Bowlby
9. 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
10. When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in
aggression than boys.
