NCE Practice Test Questions
1. An apparent treatment success that is due to the patient's expectationor hopes rather
than the treatment itself is called .: the placebo effect
2. In therapy, the therapist uses logical arguments to challengea client's
unrealistic beliefs or expectations.: REBT
3. Systematic desensizitation and flooding are techniques:
Be-havioral
4. Which of the following types of therapists would be most likely to use freeassociation and
transference?: Psychodynamic therapists
5. is a humanist approach that emphasizes the tragic aspectsof life, the
burden of
responsibility, and the need to face the inevitability of death.: Existentialism
6. According to Carl Rogers, is love and support given to another
with no strings
attached.: Unconditional positive regard
7. Which of the following pairs of personality theorists and perspectives isINCORRECT?:
Carl Jung; genetic
8. Which of the following terms is associated with transactional analysis?: -
Complementary transactions
9. Which one of the following does NOT belong with the other three?: Glasser
10. The withdrawal of reinforcement until the conditioned response no longeroccurs is
known as:: Extinction
11. Freud is to ego, id, and superego as is to parent, adult, and
child.: Berne
12. Developed by Luft and Ingham, asserts that there are four
parts to the
personality: the public self, the blind self, the private self, and the unknownself.: The Johari
Window
13. In which is the focus on the meaning of life and the relevance of theindividual
experience?: Existential counseling
14. Popular techniques of this approach are role playing, "empty chair," and"making the
,rounds.": Gestalt
15. Popular techniques of this approach are examination of client's memories,"spitting in
the client's soup," and "catching oneself.": Adlerian
16. In this therapeutic approach, the counselor's emphasis is on being authen-tic while
concentrating on verbal and nonverbal messages.: Existential
17. Paradoxical intention, implosive therapy, and thought stopping are alltechniques used
by counselors.: Psychoanalytic
18. Stress inoculation is a concept introduced by:: Donald Meichenbaum
19. According to Freud, is the most important de-
fense mechanism. An
example of this defense mechanism is when a woman who has been physicallyabused by
her spouse doesn't remember ever being hurt by him.: Repression
20. A dog that has been trained to stop and stand at attention when she hearsa duck call
does not stop and stand at attention when she hears a goose call. This is anexample of::
Stimulus discrimination
21. The disadvantage of closed-ended questions is that the client usually failsto:: disclose
personal information and continue to dialogue with the counselor
22. Rational-emotive behavior therapy follows a five-step system usingABCDE, where D
stands for:: Disputing the irrational belief
23. The goals of this type of therapy include gaining knowledge about the selfand
recognizing and integrating the self.: Jungian
24. In order to elicit a conditioned response, the neutral stimulus that willbecome the
conditioned stimulus must the unconditioned stimulus.-
: Precede
25. In contrast to feeling sorry for the client, the counselor needs to demon-strate
toward the client.: Empathy
26. In order to facilitate growth in a client, the counselor uses all of thefollowing strategies
EXCEPT:: Abandonment
27. A(n) schedule of reinforcement is the most difficult toextinguish.:
Intermittent
28. The primary distinction between reinforcement and punishment is thatreinforcement
, the likelihood of the behavior to occur again, while punishment
the likelihood of the behavior to occur again.: Increases; decreases
29. Negative reinforcement the behavior by
a reinforcer;
positive reinforcement the behavior by a rein-forcer.:
increases, taking away; increases, adding
30. There are long silences, several members of the group are acting out, andit seems like
all the group members are expressing frustrations with both the structure ofthe group and
the way the group leader is functioning. Most likely this group is in the
state of the group process.: Transition
31. From this perspective the group goals are to enable members to pay closeattention to
their here-and-now experiences so they can recognize and integrate disownedaspects of
themselves.: Gestalt
32. Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she tries butcannot build a
tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later, Susie builds afour-block
tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, the inability to buildthe tower on
her own is known as:: The zone of proximal development (this is a range of tasksthat are too
difficult for children to do alone, but possible with help)
33. According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong senseof identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of:: Intimacy (individuals whofail to attain a
lower level of development will fail to attain the next higher level).
34. Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's theoryof personality
development?: Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
35. Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob asks why, hisfather responds,
"Because I said so." The father's response is most representative of which parenting style?:
Authoritarian (uses coercion and psychological control to disci-pline children)
36. Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of "surrogatemothers" to
investigate which factors are important in early development and attachment.
According to
his findings, baby monkeys:: Preferred a soft terry cloth mother to a wire meshmother than
holds a bottle.
37. Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States?: Askingsomeone
1. An apparent treatment success that is due to the patient's expectationor hopes rather
than the treatment itself is called .: the placebo effect
2. In therapy, the therapist uses logical arguments to challengea client's
unrealistic beliefs or expectations.: REBT
3. Systematic desensizitation and flooding are techniques:
Be-havioral
4. Which of the following types of therapists would be most likely to use freeassociation and
transference?: Psychodynamic therapists
5. is a humanist approach that emphasizes the tragic aspectsof life, the
burden of
responsibility, and the need to face the inevitability of death.: Existentialism
6. According to Carl Rogers, is love and support given to another
with no strings
attached.: Unconditional positive regard
7. Which of the following pairs of personality theorists and perspectives isINCORRECT?:
Carl Jung; genetic
8. Which of the following terms is associated with transactional analysis?: -
Complementary transactions
9. Which one of the following does NOT belong with the other three?: Glasser
10. The withdrawal of reinforcement until the conditioned response no longeroccurs is
known as:: Extinction
11. Freud is to ego, id, and superego as is to parent, adult, and
child.: Berne
12. Developed by Luft and Ingham, asserts that there are four
parts to the
personality: the public self, the blind self, the private self, and the unknownself.: The Johari
Window
13. In which is the focus on the meaning of life and the relevance of theindividual
experience?: Existential counseling
14. Popular techniques of this approach are role playing, "empty chair," and"making the
,rounds.": Gestalt
15. Popular techniques of this approach are examination of client's memories,"spitting in
the client's soup," and "catching oneself.": Adlerian
16. In this therapeutic approach, the counselor's emphasis is on being authen-tic while
concentrating on verbal and nonverbal messages.: Existential
17. Paradoxical intention, implosive therapy, and thought stopping are alltechniques used
by counselors.: Psychoanalytic
18. Stress inoculation is a concept introduced by:: Donald Meichenbaum
19. According to Freud, is the most important de-
fense mechanism. An
example of this defense mechanism is when a woman who has been physicallyabused by
her spouse doesn't remember ever being hurt by him.: Repression
20. A dog that has been trained to stop and stand at attention when she hearsa duck call
does not stop and stand at attention when she hears a goose call. This is anexample of::
Stimulus discrimination
21. The disadvantage of closed-ended questions is that the client usually failsto:: disclose
personal information and continue to dialogue with the counselor
22. Rational-emotive behavior therapy follows a five-step system usingABCDE, where D
stands for:: Disputing the irrational belief
23. The goals of this type of therapy include gaining knowledge about the selfand
recognizing and integrating the self.: Jungian
24. In order to elicit a conditioned response, the neutral stimulus that willbecome the
conditioned stimulus must the unconditioned stimulus.-
: Precede
25. In contrast to feeling sorry for the client, the counselor needs to demon-strate
toward the client.: Empathy
26. In order to facilitate growth in a client, the counselor uses all of thefollowing strategies
EXCEPT:: Abandonment
27. A(n) schedule of reinforcement is the most difficult toextinguish.:
Intermittent
28. The primary distinction between reinforcement and punishment is thatreinforcement
, the likelihood of the behavior to occur again, while punishment
the likelihood of the behavior to occur again.: Increases; decreases
29. Negative reinforcement the behavior by
a reinforcer;
positive reinforcement the behavior by a rein-forcer.:
increases, taking away; increases, adding
30. There are long silences, several members of the group are acting out, andit seems like
all the group members are expressing frustrations with both the structure ofthe group and
the way the group leader is functioning. Most likely this group is in the
state of the group process.: Transition
31. From this perspective the group goals are to enable members to pay closeattention to
their here-and-now experiences so they can recognize and integrate disownedaspects of
themselves.: Gestalt
32. Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she tries butcannot build a
tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later, Susie builds afour-block
tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, the inability to buildthe tower on
her own is known as:: The zone of proximal development (this is a range of tasksthat are too
difficult for children to do alone, but possible with help)
33. According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong senseof identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of:: Intimacy (individuals whofail to attain a
lower level of development will fail to attain the next higher level).
34. Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's theoryof personality
development?: Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
35. Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob asks why, hisfather responds,
"Because I said so." The father's response is most representative of which parenting style?:
Authoritarian (uses coercion and psychological control to disci-pline children)
36. Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of "surrogatemothers" to
investigate which factors are important in early development and attachment.
According to
his findings, baby monkeys:: Preferred a soft terry cloth mother to a wire meshmother than
holds a bottle.
37. Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States?: Askingsomeone
