NCE PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
WITH 100% ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS.
1) 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 -- Correct 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
2) 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
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 -- Correct 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
,3) 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
B. The zone of proximal development
C. Assisted discovery
D. Learning by imitation -- Correct 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.
4) 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.
5) 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
D. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital -- Correct 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.
6) 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
WITH 100% ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS.
1) 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 -- Correct 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
2) 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
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 -- Correct 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
,3) 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
B. The zone of proximal development
C. Assisted discovery
D. Learning by imitation -- Correct 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.
4) 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.
5) 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
D. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital -- Correct 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.
6) 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
