NCE Practice Test ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
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 - CORRECT 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.
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 - CORRECT 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.
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:
a. approach-avoidance conflict
b. avoidance-avoidance conflict
c. approach-approach conflict
, d. avoidance vector - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B. The best way to look at this question is
to look at the choices Jennifer is given and her interpretation of these choices. 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. In an approach-approach conflict, a person likes both
choices and has to pick the best of the best. In an approach-avoidance conflict, an individual
both likes and dislikes a choice.
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.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. From a multicultural perspective, an emic view considers
that an individual's culture matters. On the other hand, an etic view considers that people are
people no matter where they come from or what their cultural background is. You might think
about this distinction as emic = culture matters, and etic = total world. The distinction
between autoplastic and alloplastic is that the former believes in the efficacy of changes
taking place within the individual, while the latter believes in making changes in the
environment. Think about it this way: When you drive an automobile, you are the operator,
you're in charge.
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:
a. intimacy stage
b. generativity stage
c. industry stage
d. ego integrity stage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D. One of the clues in this example is
Henry's age. Another clue is Henry's discussion about his life successes and regrets, not
finding another mate, being successful in school, or contributing to society. Erikson's
generativity stage involves middle-aged adults who are launching their children, dealing with
an empty nest, and working toward retirement. His ego integrity stage involves older adults
who review their lives, looking at successes and regrets.
In the original studies, Milgram and his colleagues found that people were more likely to
disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT when .
a. the victim was in an adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every sound the victim made
b. two experimenters had conflicting demands about the continuation of the experiment
c. the person ordering them to continue was an ordinary man, apparently another volunteer
d. the subject worked with peers who refused to go further in the procedure - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A. You can consider this logically. If you could hear another person crying or
CORRECT Answers
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 - CORRECT 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.
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 - CORRECT 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.
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:
a. approach-avoidance conflict
b. avoidance-avoidance conflict
c. approach-approach conflict
, d. avoidance vector - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B. The best way to look at this question is
to look at the choices Jennifer is given and her interpretation of these choices. 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. In an approach-approach conflict, a person likes both
choices and has to pick the best of the best. In an approach-avoidance conflict, an individual
both likes and dislikes a choice.
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.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C. From a multicultural perspective, an emic view considers
that an individual's culture matters. On the other hand, an etic view considers that people are
people no matter where they come from or what their cultural background is. You might think
about this distinction as emic = culture matters, and etic = total world. The distinction
between autoplastic and alloplastic is that the former believes in the efficacy of changes
taking place within the individual, while the latter believes in making changes in the
environment. Think about it this way: When you drive an automobile, you are the operator,
you're in charge.
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:
a. intimacy stage
b. generativity stage
c. industry stage
d. ego integrity stage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D. One of the clues in this example is
Henry's age. Another clue is Henry's discussion about his life successes and regrets, not
finding another mate, being successful in school, or contributing to society. Erikson's
generativity stage involves middle-aged adults who are launching their children, dealing with
an empty nest, and working toward retirement. His ego integrity stage involves older adults
who review their lives, looking at successes and regrets.
In the original studies, Milgram and his colleagues found that people were more likely to
disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT when .
a. the victim was in an adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every sound the victim made
b. two experimenters had conflicting demands about the continuation of the experiment
c. the person ordering them to continue was an ordinary man, apparently another volunteer
d. the subject worked with peers who refused to go further in the procedure - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A. You can consider this logically. If you could hear another person crying or
