NCE Practice Test Questions with Accurate Answers
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....
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. stamp – answer d. stamp – ab reactive 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 – answer 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 - answerB. "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
later performing the task by herself.
According to Erickson, when an individual fails to develop a strong sense of identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of:
a. autonomy
b. initiative
c. intimacy
d. integrity - answerC. In Erickson's theory of psychosocial development, individuals
who fail to achieve the goal of the lower level of development will have problems
attaining the developmental task at the next stage of development. In the example
above, the individual failed to achieve identity, which occurs during adolescence.
Therefore, in young adulthood, the individual will have problems attaining intimacy,
which is the developmental task to be achieved at
this level. For autonomy, the individual would have to have failed to attain basic trust; for
initiative, the individual would have to have failed to attain autonomy; and for integrity,
the
individual would have to have failed to attain generativity.
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in Freud's theory of personality
development?
a. Oral, genital, latency, anal, phallic
b. Genital, anal, phallic, oral, latency
c. Latency, phallic, oral, anal, genital
d. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital - answerD. The best way to remember Freud's
psychosexual stages of development is to think about what key tasks individuals do
throughout childhood. The first thing infants do is suck (oral). Next, babies begin toilet
training (anal), then discover the difference between boys and girls (phallic). Next,
children spend time growing physically and cognitively but are latent in the
psychosexual realm (not focusing on anything sexual); finally, puberty sets in and they
begin to think about sex again and are focused on their own genitals.
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?
a. Uninvolved
b. Authoritarian
c. Authoritative
d. Permissive - answerB. The authoritarian parenting style uses coercive techniques
and psychological control to discipline children, whereas the authoritative parenting
style emphasizes some control but allows for some independence. The uninvolved
parenting style rarely uses any control and the parent seems to be indifferent to the
child's level of independence. In the permissive parenting style, the parents are typically
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