NCE EXAM QUESTIONS LATEST
AND ANSWERS 2026 -
2027
Some behavior scientists have been critical of Swiss child psychologist
Jean Piaget's developmental research in as much as...
a. He utilized the t test too frequently
b. He failed to check for type I or alpha errors
c. He worked primarily with minority children
d. His findings were often derived from observing his own children -
ANSWERS-d. His findings were often derived from observing his own
children
A tall, skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty pitcher. A
child indicates that she feels the small pitcher has less water. The child
has not yet mastered...
a. Symbolic schema
b. Conservation
c. Androgynous psychosocial issues
d. Trust versus mistrust - ANSWERS-b. Conservation
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, NCE EXAM QUESTIONS LATEST
AND ANSWERS 2026 -
2027
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to...
a. Volume or mass
b. Defenses of the ego
c. The sensorimotor intelligence stage
d. A specific psychosexual stage of life - ANSWERS-a. Volume or mass
A child masters conservation in the Pigetian stage known as...
a. Formal operations - 12 years and older
b. Concrete operations - ages 7-11 years
c. Preoperations - ages 2-7 years
d. Sensorimotor intelligence - birth to 2 years - ANSWERS-b. Concrete
operations - ages 7-11 years
___________ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral
development
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, NCE EXAM QUESTIONS LATEST
AND ANSWERS 2026 -
2027
a. Erik Erikson
b. Lev Vygotsky
c. Lawrence Kohlberg
d. John B. Watson - ANSWERS-c. Lawrence Kohlberg
According to Jean Piaget, a child masters the concept reversibility in the
third stage, known as concrete operations or concrete operational
thought. This notion suggests...
a. That heavier objects are more difficult for a child to lift
b. The child is ambidextrous
c. The child is more cognizant of mass than weight
d. One can undo an action, hence an object (say a glass of water) can
return to its initial shape - ANSWERS-d. One can undo an action, hence
an object (say a glass of water) can return to its initial shape
During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old child indicates Piaget's stage of
preoperational thought (stage 2) says, "the rain is following me." This is
an example of...
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, NCE EXAM QUESTIONS LATEST
AND ANSWERS 2026 -
2027
a. Egocentrism
b. Conservation
c. Centration
d. Abstract thought - ANSWERS-a. Egocentrism
Lawerence Kohlberg suggested...
a. A single level of morality
b. Two levels of morality
c. Three levels of morality
d. Preoperational thought as the basis for all morality - ANSWERS-c.
Three levels of morality
The Heinz dilemma is to Kohlberg's theory as...
a. A brick is to a house
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AND ANSWERS 2026 -
2027
Some behavior scientists have been critical of Swiss child psychologist
Jean Piaget's developmental research in as much as...
a. He utilized the t test too frequently
b. He failed to check for type I or alpha errors
c. He worked primarily with minority children
d. His findings were often derived from observing his own children -
ANSWERS-d. His findings were often derived from observing his own
children
A tall, skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty pitcher. A
child indicates that she feels the small pitcher has less water. The child
has not yet mastered...
a. Symbolic schema
b. Conservation
c. Androgynous psychosocial issues
d. Trust versus mistrust - ANSWERS-b. Conservation
END OF
PAGE
1
, NCE EXAM QUESTIONS LATEST
AND ANSWERS 2026 -
2027
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to...
a. Volume or mass
b. Defenses of the ego
c. The sensorimotor intelligence stage
d. A specific psychosexual stage of life - ANSWERS-a. Volume or mass
A child masters conservation in the Pigetian stage known as...
a. Formal operations - 12 years and older
b. Concrete operations - ages 7-11 years
c. Preoperations - ages 2-7 years
d. Sensorimotor intelligence - birth to 2 years - ANSWERS-b. Concrete
operations - ages 7-11 years
___________ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral
development
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, NCE EXAM QUESTIONS LATEST
AND ANSWERS 2026 -
2027
a. Erik Erikson
b. Lev Vygotsky
c. Lawrence Kohlberg
d. John B. Watson - ANSWERS-c. Lawrence Kohlberg
According to Jean Piaget, a child masters the concept reversibility in the
third stage, known as concrete operations or concrete operational
thought. This notion suggests...
a. That heavier objects are more difficult for a child to lift
b. The child is ambidextrous
c. The child is more cognizant of mass than weight
d. One can undo an action, hence an object (say a glass of water) can
return to its initial shape - ANSWERS-d. One can undo an action, hence
an object (say a glass of water) can return to its initial shape
During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old child indicates Piaget's stage of
preoperational thought (stage 2) says, "the rain is following me." This is
an example of...
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, NCE EXAM QUESTIONS LATEST
AND ANSWERS 2026 -
2027
a. Egocentrism
b. Conservation
c. Centration
d. Abstract thought - ANSWERS-a. Egocentrism
Lawerence Kohlberg suggested...
a. A single level of morality
b. Two levels of morality
c. Three levels of morality
d. Preoperational thought as the basis for all morality - ANSWERS-c.
Three levels of morality
The Heinz dilemma is to Kohlberg's theory as...
a. A brick is to a house
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