LPC ACTUAL EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED AND
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER - (PIAGET) the principle that properties
such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the
forms of objects
mastered during Piaget's concrete operations stage (7-11 year old)
Reversibility - CORRECT ANSWER - (PIAGET) the capacity to think
through a series of steps and then mentally reverse direction, returning to the
starting point
mastered during Piaget's concrete operations (7-11 year old)
Egocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - (PIAGET) the inability to see the world
through anyone else's eyes (this relates to Piaget and the preoperational stage)
Who commits suicide more - males or females? - CORRECT ANSWER -
males commit suicide more often, females attempt more (one theory: males use
firearms where females use less lethal methods)
Do suicide rates increase with age? - CORRECT ANSWER - yes
Definition of Cephalocaudal - CORRECT ANSWER - head to toe (in terms of
development)
Heritability - CORRECT ANSWER - The proportion of variation among
individuals that we can attribute to genes.
,Eleanor Gibson - CORRECT ANSWER - Researcher .... the "visual cliff"
experiment. Showed that depth perception cues are innate.
Ethology - CORRECT ANSWER - field research using animals
Heinz Dilemma - CORRECT ANSWER - a method used to assess the level of
moral development (drug stealing vs wife dying)... this relates to Kohlberg and
his stages of moral development
Equilibration - CORRECT ANSWER - (PIAGET) When a child achieves
balance, search for mental balance between cognitive schemes and information
from the environment
Stanford Prison Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER - Philip Zimbardo's study
of the effect of roles on behavior. Participants were randomly assigned to play
either prisoners or guards in a mock prison. The study was ended early because
of the "guards'" role-induced cruelty. People conform to social roles!!!
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - Belief in the superiority of one's
nation or ethnic group.
cognitive dissonance theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the theory that we act to
reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent (for
example: reading only positive reviews about the car I choose to buy, negative
ones about the other options)
emic perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - culturally specific (counselor wants
to know the ins and outs of a culture)
, etic perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - the perspective of the outside
observer (counselor might use the same techniques on any culture) - emphasizes
human similarities
memory decide: Etic - etiquette (polite to ANY culture)
5 Stages of Freud - CORRECT ANSWER - Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency,
Genital
Fixation - CORRECT ANSWER - FREUD: a child is unable to go from one
stage to the next (if life becomes too traumatic, development can halt)
Erikson's 8 Stages of Development - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Trust vs
mistrust (birth -18 months)
2. Autonomy vs shame & doubt (18 months - 3 years)
3. Initiative vs guilt (3-5 years)
4. Industry vs inferiority (5-12 years)
5. Identity vs convulsion (12-18 years)
6. Intimacy vs Isolation (18-40)
7. Generativity vs Stagnation (40-65)
8.Integrity vs despair (65+)
WELL DETAILED ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM UPDATE
Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER - (PIAGET) the principle that properties
such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the
forms of objects
mastered during Piaget's concrete operations stage (7-11 year old)
Reversibility - CORRECT ANSWER - (PIAGET) the capacity to think
through a series of steps and then mentally reverse direction, returning to the
starting point
mastered during Piaget's concrete operations (7-11 year old)
Egocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - (PIAGET) the inability to see the world
through anyone else's eyes (this relates to Piaget and the preoperational stage)
Who commits suicide more - males or females? - CORRECT ANSWER -
males commit suicide more often, females attempt more (one theory: males use
firearms where females use less lethal methods)
Do suicide rates increase with age? - CORRECT ANSWER - yes
Definition of Cephalocaudal - CORRECT ANSWER - head to toe (in terms of
development)
Heritability - CORRECT ANSWER - The proportion of variation among
individuals that we can attribute to genes.
,Eleanor Gibson - CORRECT ANSWER - Researcher .... the "visual cliff"
experiment. Showed that depth perception cues are innate.
Ethology - CORRECT ANSWER - field research using animals
Heinz Dilemma - CORRECT ANSWER - a method used to assess the level of
moral development (drug stealing vs wife dying)... this relates to Kohlberg and
his stages of moral development
Equilibration - CORRECT ANSWER - (PIAGET) When a child achieves
balance, search for mental balance between cognitive schemes and information
from the environment
Stanford Prison Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER - Philip Zimbardo's study
of the effect of roles on behavior. Participants were randomly assigned to play
either prisoners or guards in a mock prison. The study was ended early because
of the "guards'" role-induced cruelty. People conform to social roles!!!
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - Belief in the superiority of one's
nation or ethnic group.
cognitive dissonance theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the theory that we act to
reduce the discomfort we feel when two of our thoughts are inconsistent (for
example: reading only positive reviews about the car I choose to buy, negative
ones about the other options)
emic perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - culturally specific (counselor wants
to know the ins and outs of a culture)
, etic perspective - CORRECT ANSWER - the perspective of the outside
observer (counselor might use the same techniques on any culture) - emphasizes
human similarities
memory decide: Etic - etiquette (polite to ANY culture)
5 Stages of Freud - CORRECT ANSWER - Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency,
Genital
Fixation - CORRECT ANSWER - FREUD: a child is unable to go from one
stage to the next (if life becomes too traumatic, development can halt)
Erikson's 8 Stages of Development - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Trust vs
mistrust (birth -18 months)
2. Autonomy vs shame & doubt (18 months - 3 years)
3. Initiative vs guilt (3-5 years)
4. Industry vs inferiority (5-12 years)
5. Identity vs convulsion (12-18 years)
6. Intimacy vs Isolation (18-40)
7. Generativity vs Stagnation (40-65)
8.Integrity vs despair (65+)
