NCE Practice Exam Questions and Answers Updated Version 2023 Human Growth and Development
- According to Piaget's stages of moral judgment, a child younger than age ten will think which of the following
is worse?
- Someone who was trying to help his mother set the table and broke five dishes.
- Someone who was stealing a cookie from the cookie jar when he wasn't allowed, and knocked over a cup that
broke.
- Someone who did not control the dog who jumped up on the table and pulled down a glass full of water,
which broke.
- Someone who accidentally dropped a dinner knife which could have hurt someone if they would have stepped
on it.
- How many stages are there of moral reasoning, according to Kohlberg?
- Two
- Six
- Eight, paralleling Erikson's stages of psycho-social development
- None; Kohlberg's theory is on self-actualization
- Which of the following is not a factor in the sleep patterns of adolescents?
- Biorhythm changes
- Defiance
- Increased need for sleep
- Increased academic and social demands
- A college student viewing a situation as good or bad or right or wrong is using:
- Dualistic Thinking
- Pessimism
- Relativistic Thinking
- Erroneous Thinking
- Which theorist believed in the zone of proximal development (ZPD)?
- Piaget
- Kohlberg
- Vygotsky
- Erickson
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6. When present in females, the Oedipus Complex is referred to as the:
- Electra Complex
- Feelings of Reciprocity
- Electric Complex
- Oedipa Complex
- Kohlberg's theory of moral development has three progressive levels ending in:
- personhood
- sexual ambiguity
- principled thought
- self-realization
Social and Cultural Foundations
8. Cross-cultural counseling:
- Recognizes culture as a marginal factor in counseling.
- Recognizes culture as a fundamental factor in counseling.
- Is a consideration in some but not all counseling interventions.
- All of the above
- Most behaviors are learned and displayed
in a cultural context.
True
False
- Which of the following is true about
counseling within a cultural context?
- Behaviors cannot be measured as
accurately.
- Personal identity becomes more
clearly defined.
- The consequences of problems are
more ambiguous.
- Counseling interviews hold less
meaning.
- In the United States, each socioeconomic group represents a different culture because they share:
- similar tastes in the arts
- educational levels
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