CPCE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE TEST BANK EXAM 3
VERSIONS 615 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST AND COMPLETE GUDE
2026 RATED A+
VERSION 1
"The Heinz dilemma is to Kohberg's theory as
A) a brick is to a house
B) Freud is to Jung
C) The menninger Clinic is to biofeedback
D) A typing test is to the level of typing skill mastered - CORRECT ANSWER=> D) A typing test is to
the level of typing skill mastered
(Heinz dilemma used to assess moral development)"
"The term 'identity crisis' comes from the work of...
A) Counselors who stress RS involvement issues with clients
B) Erikson
C) Adler
D) Jung - CORRECT ANSWER=> B) Erikson
(RS=religious and spiritual)
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,(Erikson's stages were defined by crisis)"
"Kohlber's three levels of morality are...
A) Preconventional, conventional, postconventional
B) Formal, preformal, self-accepted
C) self-accepted, other directed, authority directed
D) Preconventional, formal, authority directed - CORRECT ANSWER=> A) Preconventional,
conventional, postconventional
(Preconventional:child responds to consequences, conventional: individual wants to meet
standards. Postconventional: concerned with universal, ethical principles)"
"Trust vs. mistrust is...
A) An Adlerian notion of morality
B) Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development
C) essentially equivalent to Piaget's concept of egocentrism
D)The basis of morality according to Kohlberg - CORRECT ANSWER=> B) Erikson's first stage of
psychosocial development"
"A person who has successfully mastered Erikson's first seven stages would be ready to enter
Erikson's final or eighth stage...
A) Generativity vs. Stagnation
B) Initiative vs. Guilt
C) Identity crisis
D) integrity vs. Despair - CORRECT ANSWER=> D) Integrity vs. Despair"
"In Kohlber's first or preconventional level, the individual's moral behavior is guided by...
A) psychosexual urges
B) Consequences
C) periodic fugue states
D) Counterconditioning - CORRECT ANSWER=> B) Consequences"
"Kohlberg's second level of morality is known as conventional morality. This level is
characterized by...
A) Psychosexual urges
B) A desire to live up to society's expectations
C) A desire to confrom
D) B and C - CORRECT ANSWER=> D) B and C"
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,"Kohlber's highest level of morality is termed "postconventional morality'. Here the individual...
A) must truly contend with psychosexual urges
B) has the so-called "good boy/good girl" orientation
C) has self-imposed morals and ethics
D) a and b - CORRECT ANSWER=> C) has self-imposed morals and ethics"
"According to Lawrence Kohlberg, level 3, which is postconventional or self-accepted moral
principles...
A) Refers to the naive hedonism stage
B) Operates on the premise that rewards guide morals
C) a and b
D) is the highest level of morality. However, some people never reach this level - CORRECT
ANSWER=> D) is the highest level of morality. However, some people never reach this level
(Hedonism occurs in preconventional level "If I'm nice others will be nice to me and I'll get what
I want")"
"Zone of proximal development...
A) was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky
B) was pioneered by Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg
C) Emphasized organ inferiority
D) a.b and c - CORRECT ANSWER=> A) was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky
(Zone of proximal development describes the difference between a child's performance without
a teacher vs that which he/she is capable of with an instructor)"
"Freud and Erikson...
A) could be classified as behaviorists
B) could be classified as maturationists
C) agreed that developmental stages are psychosexual
D) were prime movers in the dialectical behavior therapy or DBT movement - CORRECT
ANSWER=> B) could be classified as maturationists (behavior is guided by hereditary factors by
certain behaviors will not manifest until stimuli are present in environment)"
"DBT - CORRECT ANSWER=> -Focuses on mindfulness
-Created by Marsha M. Linehan
-Useful for clients haboring feelings of self-harm, suicide and substance abuse"
"John Bowlby, the British psychiatrist is mostly associated with...
A) the work of psychologist and pediatrician, Arnold Gesell, a maturationist
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, B) developmental stage theories
C) bonding and attachment
D) the unconscious mind - CORRECT ANSWER=> C) bonding and attachment
(Bowlby and bonding both start with 'b')"
"Arnold Gesell - CORRECT ANSWER=> Pioneer for using one-way mirror for observing children"
"In which Eriksonian stage does the midlife crisis occur?
A) Generativity vs. stagnation
B) Integrity vs. despair
C) a and b
D) Erikson's stages do not address midlife issues - CORRECT ANSWER=> A) Generativity vs.
stagnation
(Need to face the fact that they have not yet achieved their goals)"
"The researcher who is well known for his work with maternal deprivation and isolation in the
rhesus monkey is...
A) Harry Harlow
B) John Bowlby
C) Lawrence Kohlberg
D) all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER=> A) Harry Harlow
(Monkeys were placed in isolation and developed autistic abnormal behavior) Believed that
attachment was innate"
"The statement: "Males are better than females when performing mathematical calculations"
is...
A) False
B) True due to genetics
C) True only in middle-aged men
D) True according to research by Eleanor Macoby and Carol Jacklin - CORRECT ANSWER=> D) True
according to research by Eleanor Macoby and Carol Jacklin"
"The Eriksonian stage that focuses heavily on sharing your life with another person is...
A) actually the major theme in all of Erikson's eight stages
B) generativity vs. stagnation
C) Intimacy vs isolation
D) a critical factor in which Erikson fails to mention - CORRECT ANSWER=> C) Intimacy vs.
isolation"
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GUIDE TEST BANK EXAM 3
VERSIONS 615 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST AND COMPLETE GUDE
2026 RATED A+
VERSION 1
"The Heinz dilemma is to Kohberg's theory as
A) a brick is to a house
B) Freud is to Jung
C) The menninger Clinic is to biofeedback
D) A typing test is to the level of typing skill mastered - CORRECT ANSWER=> D) A typing test is to
the level of typing skill mastered
(Heinz dilemma used to assess moral development)"
"The term 'identity crisis' comes from the work of...
A) Counselors who stress RS involvement issues with clients
B) Erikson
C) Adler
D) Jung - CORRECT ANSWER=> B) Erikson
(RS=religious and spiritual)
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,(Erikson's stages were defined by crisis)"
"Kohlber's three levels of morality are...
A) Preconventional, conventional, postconventional
B) Formal, preformal, self-accepted
C) self-accepted, other directed, authority directed
D) Preconventional, formal, authority directed - CORRECT ANSWER=> A) Preconventional,
conventional, postconventional
(Preconventional:child responds to consequences, conventional: individual wants to meet
standards. Postconventional: concerned with universal, ethical principles)"
"Trust vs. mistrust is...
A) An Adlerian notion of morality
B) Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development
C) essentially equivalent to Piaget's concept of egocentrism
D)The basis of morality according to Kohlberg - CORRECT ANSWER=> B) Erikson's first stage of
psychosocial development"
"A person who has successfully mastered Erikson's first seven stages would be ready to enter
Erikson's final or eighth stage...
A) Generativity vs. Stagnation
B) Initiative vs. Guilt
C) Identity crisis
D) integrity vs. Despair - CORRECT ANSWER=> D) Integrity vs. Despair"
"In Kohlber's first or preconventional level, the individual's moral behavior is guided by...
A) psychosexual urges
B) Consequences
C) periodic fugue states
D) Counterconditioning - CORRECT ANSWER=> B) Consequences"
"Kohlberg's second level of morality is known as conventional morality. This level is
characterized by...
A) Psychosexual urges
B) A desire to live up to society's expectations
C) A desire to confrom
D) B and C - CORRECT ANSWER=> D) B and C"
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,"Kohlber's highest level of morality is termed "postconventional morality'. Here the individual...
A) must truly contend with psychosexual urges
B) has the so-called "good boy/good girl" orientation
C) has self-imposed morals and ethics
D) a and b - CORRECT ANSWER=> C) has self-imposed morals and ethics"
"According to Lawrence Kohlberg, level 3, which is postconventional or self-accepted moral
principles...
A) Refers to the naive hedonism stage
B) Operates on the premise that rewards guide morals
C) a and b
D) is the highest level of morality. However, some people never reach this level - CORRECT
ANSWER=> D) is the highest level of morality. However, some people never reach this level
(Hedonism occurs in preconventional level "If I'm nice others will be nice to me and I'll get what
I want")"
"Zone of proximal development...
A) was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky
B) was pioneered by Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg
C) Emphasized organ inferiority
D) a.b and c - CORRECT ANSWER=> A) was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky
(Zone of proximal development describes the difference between a child's performance without
a teacher vs that which he/she is capable of with an instructor)"
"Freud and Erikson...
A) could be classified as behaviorists
B) could be classified as maturationists
C) agreed that developmental stages are psychosexual
D) were prime movers in the dialectical behavior therapy or DBT movement - CORRECT
ANSWER=> B) could be classified as maturationists (behavior is guided by hereditary factors by
certain behaviors will not manifest until stimuli are present in environment)"
"DBT - CORRECT ANSWER=> -Focuses on mindfulness
-Created by Marsha M. Linehan
-Useful for clients haboring feelings of self-harm, suicide and substance abuse"
"John Bowlby, the British psychiatrist is mostly associated with...
A) the work of psychologist and pediatrician, Arnold Gesell, a maturationist
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, B) developmental stage theories
C) bonding and attachment
D) the unconscious mind - CORRECT ANSWER=> C) bonding and attachment
(Bowlby and bonding both start with 'b')"
"Arnold Gesell - CORRECT ANSWER=> Pioneer for using one-way mirror for observing children"
"In which Eriksonian stage does the midlife crisis occur?
A) Generativity vs. stagnation
B) Integrity vs. despair
C) a and b
D) Erikson's stages do not address midlife issues - CORRECT ANSWER=> A) Generativity vs.
stagnation
(Need to face the fact that they have not yet achieved their goals)"
"The researcher who is well known for his work with maternal deprivation and isolation in the
rhesus monkey is...
A) Harry Harlow
B) John Bowlby
C) Lawrence Kohlberg
D) all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER=> A) Harry Harlow
(Monkeys were placed in isolation and developed autistic abnormal behavior) Believed that
attachment was innate"
"The statement: "Males are better than females when performing mathematical calculations"
is...
A) False
B) True due to genetics
C) True only in middle-aged men
D) True according to research by Eleanor Macoby and Carol Jacklin - CORRECT ANSWER=> D) True
according to research by Eleanor Macoby and Carol Jacklin"
"The Eriksonian stage that focuses heavily on sharing your life with another person is...
A) actually the major theme in all of Erikson's eight stages
B) generativity vs. stagnation
C) Intimacy vs isolation
D) a critical factor in which Erikson fails to mention - CORRECT ANSWER=> C) Intimacy vs.
isolation"
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