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CPCE EXAM |COMPREHENSIVE
Q&A FOR CERTIFICATION SUCCESS
2026
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - correct-answer -A counselor
has been retained to review another counselor who is in question; and when
confidentiality rights would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? - correct-answer -
Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to specific groups
and an approach that all counselors should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to - correct-answer -Confidentiality
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Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is
he? - correct-answer -Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - correct-answer -
Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - correct-answer -Formal
Operations
Identity Crisis - correct-answer -Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - correct-answer -processes that contribute to optimal
functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
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Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - correct-answer -Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - correct-answer -no one theory of
development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - correct-answer -Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - correct-answer -Pre-conventional,
Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - correct-answer -Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - correct-answer -Harry Harlow
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Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - correct-answer -Theory of human
motivation - psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome - correct-answer -Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson - correct-answer -Little Albert experiment
Albert Bandura's best-known research - correct-answer -Bobo Doll study
What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? - correct-answer -
Cultural Context and language
Freudian Defense Mechanism - correct-answer -Repression
CPCE EXAM |COMPREHENSIVE
Q&A FOR CERTIFICATION SUCCESS
2026
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - correct-answer -A counselor
has been retained to review another counselor who is in question; and when
confidentiality rights would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? - correct-answer -
Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to specific groups
and an approach that all counselors should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to - correct-answer -Confidentiality
,2|Page
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is
he? - correct-answer -Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - correct-answer -
Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - correct-answer -Formal
Operations
Identity Crisis - correct-answer -Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - correct-answer -processes that contribute to optimal
functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
,3|Page
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - correct-answer -Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - correct-answer -no one theory of
development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - correct-answer -Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - correct-answer -Pre-conventional,
Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - correct-answer -Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - correct-answer -Harry Harlow
, 4|Page
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - correct-answer -Theory of human
motivation - psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome - correct-answer -Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson - correct-answer -Little Albert experiment
Albert Bandura's best-known research - correct-answer -Bobo Doll study
What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? - correct-answer -
Cultural Context and language
Freudian Defense Mechanism - correct-answer -Repression
