CPCE EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1) In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik
Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists...
A) Emphasize the id processes
B) Refute the concept of the superego
C) Believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior
D) Are sometimes known as radical behaviorists -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ C) Believe in man's powers of reasoning to
control behavior
2) The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which
encompasses the entire life span was...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Milton H. Erickson
C) A.A. Brill
D) Jean Piaget, who created the four stage theory -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ A) Erik Erikson
, Has 8 stages representing a psychosocial crisis/turning point.
Final stage does not begin until age 60
3) Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are...
A) Psychometric
B) Psychodiagnostic
C) Psychopharmacological
D) Psychosocial -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) Psychosocial
4) The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely
reflect the work of...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Sigmund Freud, who created the psychodynamic theory
C) Jay Haley
D) Arnold Lazarus, William Perry and Robert Kegan -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ B) Sigmund Freud
(In Freudian theory, the id=the pleasure principle. Erikson
emphasizes the power of control. Haley is known for strategic and
problem-solving therapy. Lazaras is pioneer in behavior therapy.
5) Robert Perry -- Correct Answer ✔✔ -Known for ideas related to adult
cognitive development
-Stresses dualistic thinking (conceptualize things as good or bad
and right or wrong)
-Enter adulthood and move into relativistic thinking (ability to
perceive that not everything is right or wrong)
6) Jean Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with four
stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is....
, A) formal operations, concrete operations, preoperations,
sensorimotor
B) Formal operations, preoperations, concrete operations,
sensorimotor
C) Sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations, formal
operations
D) Concrete operations, sensorimotor, preoperations, formal
operations -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) Sensorimotor,
preoperations, concrete operations, formal operations
7) Ideographics -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Examine individuals (not groups)
in depth
8) Some behavioral scientists have been critical of Jean Piaget's
developmental research inasmuch as...
A) he utilized the t test too frequently
B) He failed to check for Type 1 or alpha errors
C) He worked primarily with minority children
D) His findings were often derived from observing his own
children -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) His findings were often
derived from observing his own children
9) 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...
A) Symbolic schema
B) Conservation
C) Androgynous psychosocial issues
D) Trust vs. mistrust -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) Conservation
, (The notion that a substance's weight, mass and volume remain
the same event if it changes shape. Child masters conservation
at concrete operational stage (7-11 years old)
10) In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to...
A) Volume or mass
B) Defenses of the ego
C) The sensorimotor intelligence stage
D) A specific psychosexual stage of life -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A)
Volume or mass
11) A child masters conservation in the Piatetian stage known as..
A) Formal operations (12+)
B) Concrete operations (7-11)
C) Preoperations (2-7)
D) Sensorimotor (birth-2) -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) Concrete
operations (7-11)
(Conservation and Concrete both begin with "c")
12) ________ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral
development...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Lev Vygotsky
C) Lawrence Kohlberg
D) John B. Watson -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) Kohlberg
(Vygotsky said stages unfold due to educational intervention)
(Kohlberg's theory of moral development)
13) 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...
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1) In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik
Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists...
A) Emphasize the id processes
B) Refute the concept of the superego
C) Believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior
D) Are sometimes known as radical behaviorists -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ C) Believe in man's powers of reasoning to
control behavior
2) The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which
encompasses the entire life span was...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Milton H. Erickson
C) A.A. Brill
D) Jean Piaget, who created the four stage theory -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ A) Erik Erikson
, Has 8 stages representing a psychosocial crisis/turning point.
Final stage does not begin until age 60
3) Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are...
A) Psychometric
B) Psychodiagnostic
C) Psychopharmacological
D) Psychosocial -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) Psychosocial
4) The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely
reflect the work of...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Sigmund Freud, who created the psychodynamic theory
C) Jay Haley
D) Arnold Lazarus, William Perry and Robert Kegan -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ B) Sigmund Freud
(In Freudian theory, the id=the pleasure principle. Erikson
emphasizes the power of control. Haley is known for strategic and
problem-solving therapy. Lazaras is pioneer in behavior therapy.
5) Robert Perry -- Correct Answer ✔✔ -Known for ideas related to adult
cognitive development
-Stresses dualistic thinking (conceptualize things as good or bad
and right or wrong)
-Enter adulthood and move into relativistic thinking (ability to
perceive that not everything is right or wrong)
6) Jean Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with four
stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is....
, A) formal operations, concrete operations, preoperations,
sensorimotor
B) Formal operations, preoperations, concrete operations,
sensorimotor
C) Sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations, formal
operations
D) Concrete operations, sensorimotor, preoperations, formal
operations -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) Sensorimotor,
preoperations, concrete operations, formal operations
7) Ideographics -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Examine individuals (not groups)
in depth
8) Some behavioral scientists have been critical of Jean Piaget's
developmental research inasmuch as...
A) he utilized the t test too frequently
B) He failed to check for Type 1 or alpha errors
C) He worked primarily with minority children
D) His findings were often derived from observing his own
children -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D) His findings were often
derived from observing his own children
9) 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...
A) Symbolic schema
B) Conservation
C) Androgynous psychosocial issues
D) Trust vs. mistrust -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) Conservation
, (The notion that a substance's weight, mass and volume remain
the same event if it changes shape. Child masters conservation
at concrete operational stage (7-11 years old)
10) In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to...
A) Volume or mass
B) Defenses of the ego
C) The sensorimotor intelligence stage
D) A specific psychosexual stage of life -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A)
Volume or mass
11) A child masters conservation in the Piatetian stage known as..
A) Formal operations (12+)
B) Concrete operations (7-11)
C) Preoperations (2-7)
D) Sensorimotor (birth-2) -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B) Concrete
operations (7-11)
(Conservation and Concrete both begin with "c")
12) ________ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral
development...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Lev Vygotsky
C) Lawrence Kohlberg
D) John B. Watson -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C) Kohlberg
(Vygotsky said stages unfold due to educational intervention)
(Kohlberg's theory of moral development)
13) 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...
