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THE NATIONAL COUNSELING EXAM (NCE) PRACTICE
EXAM AND STUDYGUIDE LATEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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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: - Answer-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: -
Answer-Intimacy (individuals who fail to attain a lower
level of development will fail to attain the next higher
level).
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Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in
Freud's theory of personality
development? - Answer-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? - Answer-
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: - Answer-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? - Answer-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? - Answer-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. - Answer-
Object permanence
The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is: -
Answer-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: - Answer-Ego integrity stage
When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often
engage in ____________
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aggression than boys. - Answer-Relational
All of the following are physical characteristics of Down
Syndrome EXCEPT: - Answer-Large hands and feet
Which of the following statements is true when considering
cultural and familial
influences on self-esteem? - Answer-An authoritative
parenting style usually allows children to have especially
high self-esteem
Research on gay and lesbian couples - Answer-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? - Answer-It was the social
context that determined the behaviors of both the guards
and the
prisoners. In the Stanford prison study, the setting was so
realistic that the participants
became guards and prisoners. Their personal identities
were masked by the context of
THE NATIONAL COUNSELING EXAM (NCE) PRACTICE
EXAM AND STUDYGUIDE LATEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+| ||LATEST EXAM!!!||
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: - Answer-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: -
Answer-Intimacy (individuals who fail to attain a lower
level of development will fail to attain the next higher
level).
,2|Page
Which of the following is the correct sequence of stages in
Freud's theory of personality
development? - Answer-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? - Answer-
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: - Answer-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? - Answer-Asking someone about suicide
may push that person over the edge.
,3|Page
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? - Answer-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. - Answer-
Object permanence
The theorist associated with bonding and attachment is: -
Answer-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: - Answer-Ego integrity stage
When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often
engage in ____________
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aggression than boys. - Answer-Relational
All of the following are physical characteristics of Down
Syndrome EXCEPT: - Answer-Large hands and feet
Which of the following statements is true when considering
cultural and familial
influences on self-esteem? - Answer-An authoritative
parenting style usually allows children to have especially
high self-esteem
Research on gay and lesbian couples - Answer-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? - Answer-It was the social
context that determined the behaviors of both the guards
and the
prisoners. In the Stanford prison study, the setting was so
realistic that the participants
became guards and prisoners. Their personal identities
were masked by the context of
