NCE Exam 2024 Study Guide with
complete solutions 2024/2025
GABA - ANSWER-represents 'Anxiety'
Dopamine - ANSWER-represents 'sexual, pleasurable feelings'
Serotonin - ANSWER-represents 'thoughts and feelings"
Acetycholine (ACh) - ANSWER-represents 'Memory"
Freud's 5 stages of Psychosexual Development - ANSWER-oral stage, anal stage,
phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
Phallic Stage - ANSWER-Oedipus complex (Son to Mom
Electra complex (Daughter to Dad)
Latency Stage - ANSWER-primary focus is on the further development of
intellectual, creative, interpersonal, and athletic skills.
Genital Stage - ANSWER-sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and
are often resolved during adolescence).
humanistic psychology (PSC) - ANSWER-Physiological - Social - Cognitive
Tabula Rasa - ANSWER-blank slate
Altruism - ANSWER-unselfish behavior
, Gelatt's Decision-Making Model (1962) - ANSWER-a sequential model that
includes generating alternatives and evaluating the consequences and
desirability of choices.
Tennessee Self-Concept Scale - ANSWER-focuses on self-esteem and self-
concept
Harmony Ethic - ANSWER-Native American Balance
CAGE questionnaire - ANSWER-Alcohol and Drug Abuse Screening
Aptitude - ANSWER-Capacity for learning; natural ability
Vocation - ANSWER-occupation; employment
Freud's Anal Stage - ANSWER-Similar to Erik Erikson's Autonomy Vs. Shame and
Guilt Stage
"Field and Levels" - ANSWER-Roe (focus on parental influence regarding
children's occupational decisions)
Libido - ANSWER-the basic energy/life force
Interval - ANSWER-Time; Up and Down
Introjection - ANSWER-integrating the beliefs and values of another individual
into one's own ego structure; Fantasy
Regression - ANSWER-an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile
psychosexual stage
Fixed-Ratio (Number) schedule - ANSWER-a fixed # of responses
Fixed-Interval schedule - ANSWER-a fixed amount of time
Variable-Ratio schedule - ANSWER-a response is reinforced after an
unpredictable number of responses (ex. every 5th right answer)
Variable-Interval Schedule - ANSWER-reinforces a response at unpredictable time
intervals
complete solutions 2024/2025
GABA - ANSWER-represents 'Anxiety'
Dopamine - ANSWER-represents 'sexual, pleasurable feelings'
Serotonin - ANSWER-represents 'thoughts and feelings"
Acetycholine (ACh) - ANSWER-represents 'Memory"
Freud's 5 stages of Psychosexual Development - ANSWER-oral stage, anal stage,
phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
Phallic Stage - ANSWER-Oedipus complex (Son to Mom
Electra complex (Daughter to Dad)
Latency Stage - ANSWER-primary focus is on the further development of
intellectual, creative, interpersonal, and athletic skills.
Genital Stage - ANSWER-sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and
are often resolved during adolescence).
humanistic psychology (PSC) - ANSWER-Physiological - Social - Cognitive
Tabula Rasa - ANSWER-blank slate
Altruism - ANSWER-unselfish behavior
, Gelatt's Decision-Making Model (1962) - ANSWER-a sequential model that
includes generating alternatives and evaluating the consequences and
desirability of choices.
Tennessee Self-Concept Scale - ANSWER-focuses on self-esteem and self-
concept
Harmony Ethic - ANSWER-Native American Balance
CAGE questionnaire - ANSWER-Alcohol and Drug Abuse Screening
Aptitude - ANSWER-Capacity for learning; natural ability
Vocation - ANSWER-occupation; employment
Freud's Anal Stage - ANSWER-Similar to Erik Erikson's Autonomy Vs. Shame and
Guilt Stage
"Field and Levels" - ANSWER-Roe (focus on parental influence regarding
children's occupational decisions)
Libido - ANSWER-the basic energy/life force
Interval - ANSWER-Time; Up and Down
Introjection - ANSWER-integrating the beliefs and values of another individual
into one's own ego structure; Fantasy
Regression - ANSWER-an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile
psychosexual stage
Fixed-Ratio (Number) schedule - ANSWER-a fixed # of responses
Fixed-Interval schedule - ANSWER-a fixed amount of time
Variable-Ratio schedule - ANSWER-a response is reinforced after an
unpredictable number of responses (ex. every 5th right answer)
Variable-Interval Schedule - ANSWER-reinforces a response at unpredictable time
intervals
