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NATIONAL COUNSELOR (NCE) EXAM 2026
BANK ALL COMPLETE (951) CURRENT
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS|GUARANTEED PASS.
NCE
Prepare for the National Counselor Exam (NCE) with this
concise study resource covering counseling theories,
ethics, assessment, and intervention strategies. It
reinforces key concepts aligned with certification
standards from the National Board for Certified
Counselors. Suitable for counseling professionals
seeking licensure or certification.
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages
are: ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Psychosocial
In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized.
Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists ✓ ✓
...... ANSWER ....... Believe in the man's power of
reasoning to control behavior. (Explanation: the ego is
logical, rational, and utilizes the power of reasoning and
control to keep impulses in check).
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The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory
which encompasses the entire life span was ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... Erik Erikson (Erikson created a theory with
eight stages in which each stage represents a psychosocial
crisis or a turning point. The final stage begins at age 60
which is why researchers believed he covered the entire
lifespan).
The statement "the ego is dependent on the id" would most
likely reflect the work of ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
Sigmund Freud, who created psychodynamic theory.
(Explanation: The ego, which is known as the reality
principle, is pressured by the id to succumb to pleasure or
gratification regardless of consequences).
Jean Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with
four stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is ✓ ✓
...... ANSWER ....... Sensorimotor, preoperations,
concrete operations, formal operations
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of the Swiss
child psychologist Jean Piaget's developmental research
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inasmuch as ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... His findings were
often derived from observing his own children
A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty
pitcher. A child indicates that she feels the small pitcher has
less water. The child has not yet mastered: ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... Conservation (Explanation: refers to the
notion that a substance's weight, mass, and volume remain
the same even if it changes the shape. According to Piaget,
the child masters conservation during the concrete
operations stage (7-11 years).
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer
to ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Volume or mass
A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage known
as: ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Concrete Operations (ages
7-11 years)
________ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral
development. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Lawrence
Kohlberg
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According to Jean Piaget, a child masters the concept of
reversibility in the third stage, known as concrete operations
or concrete operational thought. This notion suggests ✓ ✓
...... ANSWER ....... One can undo an action, hence an
object can return to its initial shape.
During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old child in Piaget's stage of
pre-operational thought (stage 2) says, "The rain is following
me." This is an example of: ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
Egocentrism (Explanation: egocentrism conveys the fact
that the child cannot view the world from the vantage point
of someone else).
Lawrence Kohlberg suggested: ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
Three levels of morality : Preconventional, Conventional, and
Postconventional. Each level can be broken down further
into two stages.
The Heinz dilemma is to Kohlberg's theory as: ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... a typing test is to the level of typing skill
mastered (Explanation: the Heinz dilemma is one method
NATIONAL COUNSELOR (NCE) EXAM 2026
BANK ALL COMPLETE (951) CURRENT
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS|GUARANTEED PASS.
NCE
Prepare for the National Counselor Exam (NCE) with this
concise study resource covering counseling theories,
ethics, assessment, and intervention strategies. It
reinforces key concepts aligned with certification
standards from the National Board for Certified
Counselors. Suitable for counseling professionals
seeking licensure or certification.
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages
are: ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Psychosocial
In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized.
Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists ✓ ✓
...... ANSWER ....... Believe in the man's power of
reasoning to control behavior. (Explanation: the ego is
logical, rational, and utilizes the power of reasoning and
control to keep impulses in check).
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The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory
which encompasses the entire life span was ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... Erik Erikson (Erikson created a theory with
eight stages in which each stage represents a psychosocial
crisis or a turning point. The final stage begins at age 60
which is why researchers believed he covered the entire
lifespan).
The statement "the ego is dependent on the id" would most
likely reflect the work of ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
Sigmund Freud, who created psychodynamic theory.
(Explanation: The ego, which is known as the reality
principle, is pressured by the id to succumb to pleasure or
gratification regardless of consequences).
Jean Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with
four stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is ✓ ✓
...... ANSWER ....... Sensorimotor, preoperations,
concrete operations, formal operations
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of the Swiss
child psychologist Jean Piaget's developmental research
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inasmuch as ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... His findings were
often derived from observing his own children
A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty
pitcher. A child indicates that she feels the small pitcher has
less water. The child has not yet mastered: ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... Conservation (Explanation: refers to the
notion that a substance's weight, mass, and volume remain
the same even if it changes the shape. According to Piaget,
the child masters conservation during the concrete
operations stage (7-11 years).
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer
to ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Volume or mass
A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage known
as: ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Concrete Operations (ages
7-11 years)
________ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral
development. ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Lawrence
Kohlberg
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According to Jean Piaget, a child masters the concept of
reversibility in the third stage, known as concrete operations
or concrete operational thought. This notion suggests ✓ ✓
...... ANSWER ....... One can undo an action, hence an
object can return to its initial shape.
During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old child in Piaget's stage of
pre-operational thought (stage 2) says, "The rain is following
me." This is an example of: ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
Egocentrism (Explanation: egocentrism conveys the fact
that the child cannot view the world from the vantage point
of someone else).
Lawrence Kohlberg suggested: ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
Three levels of morality : Preconventional, Conventional, and
Postconventional. Each level can be broken down further
into two stages.
The Heinz dilemma is to Kohlberg's theory as: ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... a typing test is to the level of typing skill
mastered (Explanation: the Heinz dilemma is one method
