CPCE PRACTICE EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE RESOURCE GRADED A+
⩥ What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs postulate?
Answer: lower-order physiological & safety needs and higher-order
needs (self-actualization)
first/lower: basics like food/water
safety/security
need for love/affection/belonging
highest level: self-actualization (being all that one can be)
⩥ Robert Kegan's 6 stages of lifespan development are:
Answer: incorporative
impulse
imperial
interpersonal
institutional
interindividual
⩥ Who is Robert Kegan?
,Answer: adult cognitive development
stresses interpersonal development
constructive model of development, meaning individuals construct
reality through the lifespan
⩥ What is relativistic thinking according to Ed Neukrug?
Answer: as teens enter adulthood, they realize not everything is right or
wrong, but an answer can exist relative to a specific situation
⩥ Who is Robert/William Perry?
Answer: adult cognitive development/college students
dualistic thinking; common in teens to conceptualize good/bad;
right/wrong
⩥ Who is known for their work in strategic & problem-solving therapy,
utilizing the "paradox" technique?
Answer: Jay Haley
⩥ Who is associated with brief psychotherapy and hypnosis?
Answer: Milton H. Erikson
⩥ What is Erik Erikson known for?
Answer: psychosocial stages of development
, 8 stages through the lifespan:
1. trust v mistrust (birth - 12 mo)
2. autonomy v shame & doubt (1-3 y/o
3. initiative v guilt (3-6 y/o)
4. industry v inferiority (6-12 y/o)
5. identity v confusion (12-18 y/o)
6. intimacy v isolation (20-40)
7. generativity v stagnation (40-60)
8. integrity v despair (60+)
⩥ What is Sigmund Freud known for?
Answer: psychodynamic theory
psychosexual stages of development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and
genital
dynamic of id, ego, and superego
id: pleasure
ego: reality
superego: moralistic/idealistic
"maturationist"
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE RESOURCE GRADED A+
⩥ What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs postulate?
Answer: lower-order physiological & safety needs and higher-order
needs (self-actualization)
first/lower: basics like food/water
safety/security
need for love/affection/belonging
highest level: self-actualization (being all that one can be)
⩥ Robert Kegan's 6 stages of lifespan development are:
Answer: incorporative
impulse
imperial
interpersonal
institutional
interindividual
⩥ Who is Robert Kegan?
,Answer: adult cognitive development
stresses interpersonal development
constructive model of development, meaning individuals construct
reality through the lifespan
⩥ What is relativistic thinking according to Ed Neukrug?
Answer: as teens enter adulthood, they realize not everything is right or
wrong, but an answer can exist relative to a specific situation
⩥ Who is Robert/William Perry?
Answer: adult cognitive development/college students
dualistic thinking; common in teens to conceptualize good/bad;
right/wrong
⩥ Who is known for their work in strategic & problem-solving therapy,
utilizing the "paradox" technique?
Answer: Jay Haley
⩥ Who is associated with brief psychotherapy and hypnosis?
Answer: Milton H. Erikson
⩥ What is Erik Erikson known for?
Answer: psychosocial stages of development
, 8 stages through the lifespan:
1. trust v mistrust (birth - 12 mo)
2. autonomy v shame & doubt (1-3 y/o
3. initiative v guilt (3-6 y/o)
4. industry v inferiority (6-12 y/o)
5. identity v confusion (12-18 y/o)
6. intimacy v isolation (20-40)
7. generativity v stagnation (40-60)
8. integrity v despair (60+)
⩥ What is Sigmund Freud known for?
Answer: psychodynamic theory
psychosexual stages of development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and
genital
dynamic of id, ego, and superego
id: pleasure
ego: reality
superego: moralistic/idealistic
"maturationist"
