NCE/LPC Exam Study Guide
NCE/LPC Exam Study Guide Questions And
Answers.
Ego's need for immediate gratification. - ✔️✔️✔️Pleasure Principle
The cause or ____________of abnormal behavior is difficult to determine in most cases. - ✔️
✔️✔️Etiology
An individual who is happy,autonomous, & creative has reached ______________. - ✔️✔️✔
️Self-actualization
This is necessary from parents for children to develop healthy concepts. (Rogers) - ✔️✔️
✔️Unconditional Positive Regard
Accomplished by rewarding success of desired behavior. - ✔️✔️✔️Shaping
Learning method involving the conditioning of new stimuli to existing responses. - ✔️✔️✔
️Classical Conditioning
A behavior modification used to establish new behavior. - ✔️✔️✔️reinforcement
The designations "common," "personal," & "cardinal" refer to ______________. - ✔️✔️✔
️Trait Theory
Individuals are in an interactional relationship with their environment. - ✔️✔️✔
️contextual worldview
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Freud believed human behavior is mainly motivated by the psychosexual energy called
__________. - ✔️✔️✔️libido
Relearning by using a particular stimulus to establish a new, more adaptive response - ✔️
✔️✔️counter conditioning
Idea that there are many different ways to interpret events, each one leading to different
behaviors. - ✔️✔️✔️Kelly's concept of Constructive Alternativism
A severe psychological disorder involving loss of contact with reality. - ✔️✔️✔
️Psychosis
Process of development and body change resulting from heredity rather than learning. - ✔
️✔️✔️Maturation
Vicarious conditioning occurs through observed________. - ✔️✔️✔️modeling
The unpleasantness of _________motivates individuals to avoid or reduce inconsistencies in
cognitive structure. - ✔️✔️✔️cognitive dissonance
Used by individuals to maintain feelings of adequacy and self-worth rather than coping
directly with a stressful situation. - ✔️✔️✔️defense mechanisms
Used to help reduce anxiety experienced by an agoraphobic client. - ✔️✔️✔️systematic
desensitization
Skinner believes the social environment provides a variety of __________to help shape
human behavior. - ✔️✔️✔️consequences
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Patterns of ____________that may be organic, psychological, or sociocultural in origin. - ✔️
✔️✔️abnormal behavior
The tendency toward subjective functioning, with the self being of greatest importance. - ✔
️✔️✔️Jung's theory of Introversion
Behavior modification programs in schools/group homes used to motivate participants. - ✔
️✔️✔️token economy
This approach to human functioning stresses the importance of each individual's perception
of reality. - ✔️✔️✔️Phenomenological
Emphasizes the importance of genetic and physical contributors to maladaptive behavior. -
✔️✔️✔️biological viewpoint
Use of family constellation - ✔️✔️✔️Adler
traits and values - ✔️✔️✔️Allport
vicarious conditioning - ✔️✔️✔️Bandura
16 Personality Factor Questionairre - ✔️✔️✔️Cattell
stage theory of development - ✔️✔️✔️Erikson
Cognitive dissonance - ✔️✔️✔️Festinger
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NCE/LPC Exam Study Guide Questions And
Answers.
Ego's need for immediate gratification. - ✔️✔️✔️Pleasure Principle
The cause or ____________of abnormal behavior is difficult to determine in most cases. - ✔️
✔️✔️Etiology
An individual who is happy,autonomous, & creative has reached ______________. - ✔️✔️✔
️Self-actualization
This is necessary from parents for children to develop healthy concepts. (Rogers) - ✔️✔️
✔️Unconditional Positive Regard
Accomplished by rewarding success of desired behavior. - ✔️✔️✔️Shaping
Learning method involving the conditioning of new stimuli to existing responses. - ✔️✔️✔
️Classical Conditioning
A behavior modification used to establish new behavior. - ✔️✔️✔️reinforcement
The designations "common," "personal," & "cardinal" refer to ______________. - ✔️✔️✔
️Trait Theory
Individuals are in an interactional relationship with their environment. - ✔️✔️✔
️contextual worldview
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Freud believed human behavior is mainly motivated by the psychosexual energy called
__________. - ✔️✔️✔️libido
Relearning by using a particular stimulus to establish a new, more adaptive response - ✔️
✔️✔️counter conditioning
Idea that there are many different ways to interpret events, each one leading to different
behaviors. - ✔️✔️✔️Kelly's concept of Constructive Alternativism
A severe psychological disorder involving loss of contact with reality. - ✔️✔️✔
️Psychosis
Process of development and body change resulting from heredity rather than learning. - ✔
️✔️✔️Maturation
Vicarious conditioning occurs through observed________. - ✔️✔️✔️modeling
The unpleasantness of _________motivates individuals to avoid or reduce inconsistencies in
cognitive structure. - ✔️✔️✔️cognitive dissonance
Used by individuals to maintain feelings of adequacy and self-worth rather than coping
directly with a stressful situation. - ✔️✔️✔️defense mechanisms
Used to help reduce anxiety experienced by an agoraphobic client. - ✔️✔️✔️systematic
desensitization
Skinner believes the social environment provides a variety of __________to help shape
human behavior. - ✔️✔️✔️consequences
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Patterns of ____________that may be organic, psychological, or sociocultural in origin. - ✔️
✔️✔️abnormal behavior
The tendency toward subjective functioning, with the self being of greatest importance. - ✔
️✔️✔️Jung's theory of Introversion
Behavior modification programs in schools/group homes used to motivate participants. - ✔
️✔️✔️token economy
This approach to human functioning stresses the importance of each individual's perception
of reality. - ✔️✔️✔️Phenomenological
Emphasizes the importance of genetic and physical contributors to maladaptive behavior. -
✔️✔️✔️biological viewpoint
Use of family constellation - ✔️✔️✔️Adler
traits and values - ✔️✔️✔️Allport
vicarious conditioning - ✔️✔️✔️Bandura
16 Personality Factor Questionairre - ✔️✔️✔️Cattell
stage theory of development - ✔️✔️✔️Erikson
Cognitive dissonance - ✔️✔️✔️Festinger
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