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NCE Practice Test Questions With Correct
And Revised Answers
A group counselor uses techniques based on implosive therapy in her work. which theorist is
responsible for implosive therapy?
a. ellis
b. beck
c. janov
d. stampfl - answer✔✔d. stampfl - abreactive form of therapy often used with highly phobic
clients. clients are induced to read or hear about or imagine frightening depictions of what might
happen if they are forced to face their fear. idea is that the person will become desensitized
a group counselor decides to make graphs of the psychological test data for all of her clients over
the past year. when she plots the distribution of beck depression inventory data, she notices it it
skewed to the left. which of the following statements is true if a distribution is skewed to the
left?
a. the mean is greater than the median
b. the mean is less than the median
c. the mean and median are the same
d. the mode is the best measure of center - answer✔✔b. the mean is less than the median - it
means that although most of the scores are to the right of the distribution, there are a few low
scores pulling the distribution to the left. the mean is most impacted by the extreme scores.
Because the extreme scores in this dist. are low, the value of the mean will be made less than the
value of the median
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:
a. scaffolding
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b. the zone of proximal development
c. assisted discovery
d. learning by imitation - answer✔✔B. "Scaffolding" is a term used by Vygotsky that explains
what Susie's mother is doing.
She is adjusting her level of support to Susie based on Susie's level of performance. The zone
of proximal development involves a range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to do
alone but possible to do with the help of adults or other, more-skilled children. "Assisted
discovery" is another term used by Vygotsky to describe learning situations that a teacher
sets up within a classroom so that children are guided into discovering learning. Learning
by imitation is a type of learning that involves a child watching someone perform a task and
later performing the task by herself.
According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of:
a. autonomy
b. initiative
c. intimacy
d. integrity - answer✔✔C. In Erickson's theory of psychosocial development, individuals who
fail to achieve the goal of the lower level of development will have problems attaining the
developmental task at the next stage of development. In the example above, the individual failed
to achieve identity, which occurs during adolescence. Therefore, in young adulthood, the
individual will have problems attaining intimacy, which is the developmental task to be achieved
at
this level. For autonomy, the individual would have to have failed to attain basic trust; for
initiative, the individual would have to have failed to attain autonomy; and for integrity, the
individual would have to have failed to attain generativity.
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's theory of personality
development?
a. Oral, genital, latency, anal, phallic
b. Genital, anal, phallic, oral, latency
c. Latency, phallic, oral, anal, genital
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d. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital - answer✔✔D. The best way to remember Freud's
psychosexual stages of development is to think about what key tasks individuals do throughout
childhood. The first thing infants do is suck (oral). Next, babies begin toilet training (anal), then
discover the difference between boys and girls (phallic). Next, children spend time growing
physically and cognitively but are latent in the psychosexual realm (not focusing on anything
sexual); finally, puberty sets in and they begin to think about sex again and are focused on their
own genitals.
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?
a. Uninvolved
b. Authoritarian
c. Authoritative
d. Permissive - answer✔✔B. The authoritarian parenting style uses coercive techniques and
psychological control to discipline children, whereas the authoritative parenting style emphasizes
some control but allows for some independence. The uninvolved parenting style rarely uses any
control and the parent seems to be indifferent to the child's level of independence. In the
permissive parenting style, the parents are typically overindulgent with the child. They exert very
little control and are lenient when it comes to granting independence to the child.
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:
a. preferred a soft terrycloth "mother" to a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle
b. preferred a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle to a soft terrycloth "mother"
c. showed no preference
d. preferred neither "mother" - answer✔✔A. In Harry Harlow's experiments, he found that baby
monkeys preferred physical comfort to hunger satisfaction. In other words, the baby monkeys
wanted to be close to a
soft terrycloth "mother" rather than a wire-mesh "mother," even though the latter presented food.
Therefore, attachment involves more than hunger satisfaction. It involves having close contact
with a "loving" caregiver.
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States?
a. Male suicide is four times higher than that among females.
b. It occurs in age groups of 90 years and up.
NCE Practice Test Questions With Correct
And Revised Answers
A group counselor uses techniques based on implosive therapy in her work. which theorist is
responsible for implosive therapy?
a. ellis
b. beck
c. janov
d. stampfl - answer✔✔d. stampfl - abreactive form of therapy often used with highly phobic
clients. clients are induced to read or hear about or imagine frightening depictions of what might
happen if they are forced to face their fear. idea is that the person will become desensitized
a group counselor decides to make graphs of the psychological test data for all of her clients over
the past year. when she plots the distribution of beck depression inventory data, she notices it it
skewed to the left. which of the following statements is true if a distribution is skewed to the
left?
a. the mean is greater than the median
b. the mean is less than the median
c. the mean and median are the same
d. the mode is the best measure of center - answer✔✔b. the mean is less than the median - it
means that although most of the scores are to the right of the distribution, there are a few low
scores pulling the distribution to the left. the mean is most impacted by the extreme scores.
Because the extreme scores in this dist. are low, the value of the mean will be made less than the
value of the median
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:
a. scaffolding
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b. the zone of proximal development
c. assisted discovery
d. learning by imitation - answer✔✔B. "Scaffolding" is a term used by Vygotsky that explains
what Susie's mother is doing.
She is adjusting her level of support to Susie based on Susie's level of performance. The zone
of proximal development involves a range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to do
alone but possible to do with the help of adults or other, more-skilled children. "Assisted
discovery" is another term used by Vygotsky to describe learning situations that a teacher
sets up within a classroom so that children are guided into discovering learning. Learning
by imitation is a type of learning that involves a child watching someone perform a task and
later performing the task by herself.
According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of:
a. autonomy
b. initiative
c. intimacy
d. integrity - answer✔✔C. In Erickson's theory of psychosocial development, individuals who
fail to achieve the goal of the lower level of development will have problems attaining the
developmental task at the next stage of development. In the example above, the individual failed
to achieve identity, which occurs during adolescence. Therefore, in young adulthood, the
individual will have problems attaining intimacy, which is the developmental task to be achieved
at
this level. For autonomy, the individual would have to have failed to attain basic trust; for
initiative, the individual would have to have failed to attain autonomy; and for integrity, the
individual would have to have failed to attain generativity.
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's theory of personality
development?
a. Oral, genital, latency, anal, phallic
b. Genital, anal, phallic, oral, latency
c. Latency, phallic, oral, anal, genital
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d. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital - answer✔✔D. The best way to remember Freud's
psychosexual stages of development is to think about what key tasks individuals do throughout
childhood. The first thing infants do is suck (oral). Next, babies begin toilet training (anal), then
discover the difference between boys and girls (phallic). Next, children spend time growing
physically and cognitively but are latent in the psychosexual realm (not focusing on anything
sexual); finally, puberty sets in and they begin to think about sex again and are focused on their
own genitals.
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?
a. Uninvolved
b. Authoritarian
c. Authoritative
d. Permissive - answer✔✔B. The authoritarian parenting style uses coercive techniques and
psychological control to discipline children, whereas the authoritative parenting style emphasizes
some control but allows for some independence. The uninvolved parenting style rarely uses any
control and the parent seems to be indifferent to the child's level of independence. In the
permissive parenting style, the parents are typically overindulgent with the child. They exert very
little control and are lenient when it comes to granting independence to the child.
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:
a. preferred a soft terrycloth "mother" to a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle
b. preferred a wire-mesh "mother" that held a bottle to a soft terrycloth "mother"
c. showed no preference
d. preferred neither "mother" - answer✔✔A. In Harry Harlow's experiments, he found that baby
monkeys preferred physical comfort to hunger satisfaction. In other words, the baby monkeys
wanted to be close to a
soft terrycloth "mother" rather than a wire-mesh "mother," even though the latter presented food.
Therefore, attachment involves more than hunger satisfaction. It involves having close contact
with a "loving" caregiver.
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States?
a. Male suicide is four times higher than that among females.
b. It occurs in age groups of 90 years and up.
