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NCE Practice Test Questions & 100%
Correct Answers
1. 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:
✓ ~~> The zone of proximal development (this is a range of tasks that
are too difficult for children to do alone, but possible with help)
According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of
identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of:
✓ ~~> Intimacy (individuals who fail to attain a lower level of
development will fail to attain the next higher level).
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's theory of
personality
development?
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✓ ~~> Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob asks why, his father
responds,
"Because I said so." The father's response is most representative of which
parenting style?
✓ ~~> Authoritarian (uses coercion and psychological control to
discipline children)
Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of "surrogate
mothers" to
investigate which factors are important in early development and
attachment. According to
his findings, baby monkeys:
✓ ~~> Preferred a soft terry cloth mother to a wire mesh mother than
holds a bottle.
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States?
✓ ~~> Asking someone about suicide may push that person over the
edge.
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Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want to lose his
television privileges.
This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
✓ ~~> Preconventional (the individual is most concerned with
consequences)
Josie likes to play peek-a-boo with her little brother, Jack. According to
Piaget, Jack finds
this game fun because he has acquired ____________, which is one of the
primary tasks of the
sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
✓ ~~> Object permanence
The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is:
✓ ~~> Bowlby
Henry, a 72-year-old widower, reminisces with his daughter about his life. He
talks
about his successes and regrets. This is an example of Erikson's:
✓ ~~> Ego integrity stage
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When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in
____________
aggression than boys.
✓ ~~> Relational
All of the following are physical characteristics of Down Syndrome EXCEPT:
✓ ~~> Large hands and feet
Which of the following statements is true when considering cultural and
familial
influences on self-esteem?
✓ ~~> An authoritative parenting style usually allows children to have
especially high self-esteem
Research on gay and lesbian couples
✓ ~~> They are as dedicated to and as effective at child rearing as are
heterosexual parents.
In the Stanford prison study, what caused the guards to treat the prisoners
harshly?
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NCE Practice Test Questions & 100%
Correct Answers
1. 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:
✓ ~~> The zone of proximal development (this is a range of tasks that
are too difficult for children to do alone, but possible with help)
According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of
identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of:
✓ ~~> Intimacy (individuals who fail to attain a lower level of
development will fail to attain the next higher level).
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's theory of
personality
development?
Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update
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✓ ~~> Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
Jacob's father tells Jacob to clean his room. When Jacob asks why, his father
responds,
"Because I said so." The father's response is most representative of which
parenting style?
✓ ~~> Authoritarian (uses coercion and psychological control to
discipline children)
Harry Harlow used baby monkeys and several different kinds of "surrogate
mothers" to
investigate which factors are important in early development and
attachment. According to
his findings, baby monkeys:
✓ ~~> Preferred a soft terry cloth mother to a wire mesh mother than
holds a bottle.
Which of the following is a myth about suicide in the United States?
✓ ~~> Asking someone about suicide may push that person over the
edge.
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Cody does what his parents say because he doesn't want to lose his
television privileges.
This is an example of what level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
✓ ~~> Preconventional (the individual is most concerned with
consequences)
Josie likes to play peek-a-boo with her little brother, Jack. According to
Piaget, Jack finds
this game fun because he has acquired ____________, which is one of the
primary tasks of the
sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.
✓ ~~> Object permanence
The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is:
✓ ~~> Bowlby
Henry, a 72-year-old widower, reminisces with his daughter about his life. He
talks
about his successes and regrets. This is an example of Erikson's:
✓ ~~> Ego integrity stage
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When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in
____________
aggression than boys.
✓ ~~> Relational
All of the following are physical characteristics of Down Syndrome EXCEPT:
✓ ~~> Large hands and feet
Which of the following statements is true when considering cultural and
familial
influences on self-esteem?
✓ ~~> An authoritative parenting style usually allows children to have
especially high self-esteem
Research on gay and lesbian couples
✓ ~~> They are as dedicated to and as effective at child rearing as are
heterosexual parents.
In the Stanford prison study, what caused the guards to treat the prisoners
harshly?
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