NCE Practice Test 2022

NCE Practice Test a group counselor uses techniques based on implosive therapy in her work. which theorist is responsible for implosive therapy? a. ellis b. beck c. janov d. stampfl - d. stampfl - abreactive form of therapy often used with highly phobic clients. clients are induced to read or hear about or imagine frightening depictions of what might happen if they are forced to face their fear. idea is that the person will become desensitized a group counselor decides to make graphs of the psychological test data for all of her clients over the past year. when she plots the distribution of beck depression inventory data, she notices it it skewed to the left. which of the following statements is true if a distribution is skewed to the left? a. the mean is greater than the median b. the mean is less than the median c. the mean and median are the same d. the mode is the best measure of center - b. the mean is less than the median - it means that although most of the scores are to the right of the distribution, there are a few low scores pulling the distribution to the left. the mean is most impacted by the extreme scores. Because the extreme scores in this dist. are low, the value of the mean will be made less than the value of the median Susie is playing with blocks and is trying to build a tower; she tries but cannot build a tower. Susie's mother helps her build a four-block tower. Later, Susie builds a four-block tower without her mother's help. According to Vygotsky, the inability to build the tower on her own is known as: a. scaffolding b. the zone of proximal development c. assisted discovery d. learning by imitation - B. "Scaffolding" is a term used by Vygotsky that explains what Susie's mother is doing. She is adjusting her level of support to Susie based on Susie's level of performance. The zone of proximal development involves a range of tasks that are too difficult for the child to do alone but possible to do with the help of adults or other, more-skilled children. "Assisted discovery" is another term used by Vygotsky to describe learning situations that a teacher sets up within a classroom so that children are guided into discovering learning. Learning by imitation is a type of learning that involves a child watching someone perform a task and