Practice test for preparation for the NCE. Questions come from the Official NCE Guide.
A. which occurs when adolescents leave home to establish their own residences
B. occurring throughout life in which a person is becoming an individual
C. through which parents come to have unique patterns of interaction with each of their children
D. which is an outgrowth of the psychoanalytic principle of determinism
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A. age of onset of severe psychological distress
B. ease with which the symptoms are eliminated
C. frequency of symptom occurrence
D. specificity of the fear-causing source
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A. reached a parallel level of moral development
B. established an economic environment such that the person need not be concerned about having good living conditions
C. successfully met the challenges of the previous stages
D. developed the ability to distinguish among the various roles the individual had filled in life
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A. naively egotistic orientation
B. respect for authority and social order
C. contractual-legalistic orientation
D. conscience orientation
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A. having the children view movies that depict males in so-called traditionally feminine occupations (e.g., nursing) or activities (e.g., ironing) and vice-versa
B. providing some reward (e.g., a small candy) to children who make gender-fair statements during a discussion of "what people do when they grow up"
C. instructing the children how to ask their parents what their parents' beliefs are about appropriate roles for women and men
D. having the children share what they believe are each of their parent's feelings about activities they do (e.g., active and passive play behaviors)
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A. self-actualization, wherein the individual is fully humanistic
B. principled thought, wherein the individual adopts a self-accepted set of standards of behavior
C. androgyny, wherein the individual exhibits both male and female stereotypic behaviors
D. personhood, wherein the individual is free from moral dilemmas
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A. variable interval
B. fixed internal
C. variable ratio
D. fixed ratio
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A. sibling rivalry
B. the Oedipus conflict
C. the Electra conflict
D. the Foundling conflict
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A. anxiety
B. affect
C. anger
D. arousal
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A. intimacy vs. autonomy
B. integrity vs. despair
C. trust vs. isolation
D. intimacy vs. mistrust
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A. slowing of emotional responses to a state of absolute calm
B. onset of increasingly complex delusions
C. frenzy of intense social interactions
D. irrational response to specific stimulus
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A. spouse abuse occurs primarily among persons of low socioeconomic status, a group of people not generally prone to seek counseling services
B. many people, both males and females, believe that spouse abuse is a "family matter" and, therefore, not subject to intervention from persons outside the family
C. increasing incidence of incarceration of spouse abusers has reduced the need for counseling services
D. all of the above
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A. social learning
B. information processing
C. social conflict
D. authoritarianism
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A. psychological dependence
B. addiction
C. physical dependence
D. tolerance
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A. emotionality
B. attractiveness
C. expertness
D. trustworthiness
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A. the medical (i.e., physical) diagnosis is the most accurate basis for determining an appropriate level of funding
B. a specific disability has essentially the same effect in any educational or work setting
C. funding bases should not incorporate considerations of categories of disabilities
D. all categorically disables people do not have the same functional limitations in all work or education situations
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A. formal educational experiences
B. observational learning experiences
C. diverse interpersonal interactions
D. all of the above
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A. cognitive dissonance
B. dissociation
C. individuation
D. acculturation
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A. culture
B. society
C. class
D. cult
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A. physical punishment
B. praise
C. acceptance
D. events
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A. economic well-being
B. sexuality
C. self-concept
D. all of the above
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A. group membership inflexibility
B. high levels of education among group members
C. erratic interpersonal interactions
D. limited "appropriate" conversational topics
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A. sex-role orientation
B. universalization
C. identification
D. projection
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A. the severity of the emotional distress exhibited by the client
B. the client's intellectual, emotional, and environmental resources
C. whether the client was referred or volunteered for counseling
D. the theoretical orientation espoused in the counselor's professional preparation program
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A. depth
B. capitulation
C. meaning
D. syntax
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A. confrontation
B. summarization
C. paradoxical intention
D. systematic desensitization
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A. superordinate
B. equal
C. subordinate
D. antithetical
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A. The consultee correctly interprets the symptoms identified
B. The consultee trusts that the consultant has provided accurate diagnostic information
C. The consultee is willing to implement the suggestions made by the consultant
D. All of the above conditions must be met
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A. confront the client's inability to clarify the reasons for the unhappiness
B. explore activities that the client enjoyed in the past
C. use active-listening skills until the client is better able to describe the problem
D. generate and discuss possible reasons for the client's unhappiness
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A. reflection
B. interpretation
C. summarization
D. confrontation
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A. Mental health consultation is a supplement to other problem-solving mechanisms within an organization
B. Consultee attitudes and affect must be dealt with directly in the mental health consultation process.
C. The technical expertise of the mental health consultant is sufficient for design of and effective intervention
D. The consultant and consultee share responsibility for case management
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A. a client's cognitions are "hypotheses to be tested," not absolute facts or truths
B. clients should perform "personal experiments" to determine if cognitions and beliefs are consistent with objective reality
C. "restructuring of cognitions" is an important aspect of all of the above
D. all of the above
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A. depressed and crying
B. less intelligent than the counselor
C. a different race from the counselor
D. much shorter than the counselor
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A. a loving counselor-client relationship
B. the client's awareness of subconscious feelings
C. an awareness of client behavioral stimuli and reinforcements
D. the client's needs hierarchy in behavioral terms
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A. depth
B. language
C. meaning
D. implication
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A. Rogers
B. Carkhuff
C. Freud
D. Ellis
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A. confrontation
B. paradoxical intention
C. systematic desensitization
D. reconfiguration
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A. has an authoritarian leader who maintains interpersonal rules and directions for the group.
B. develops new ways of functioning in response to emerging needs and patterns of interaction among group members
C. identifies group members who inhibit movement toward the group's goals.
D. works on several group tasks simultaneously, thereby increasing group efficiency.
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A. transference.
B. universality
C. catharsis.
D. intellectualization
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A. that have failed to establish self-disclosure as an appropriate behavior for group members.
B. in which unstructured, freely interactive behavior is the norm for group members.
C. in which the meaningfulness of the group to each of the respective members is too high.
D. that have not assumed responsibility for their own functioning.
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A. the types of people who will constitute the group
B. the leader's self-knowledge
C. the members' previous experience in groups
D. the extent to which the leader will be involved in the group
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A. orientation
B. transition
C. action
D. completion
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A. behavioral
B. transactional-analysis
C. Adlerian
D. client-centered
A. independence
B. authoritarianism
C. intelligence
D. superiority
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A. syntaxicality.
B. homeostatis
C. sociometry.
D. psychodrama.
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A. helping individuals achieve integration
B. helping group members "grow up"
C. helping individuals accept anxiety as a part of life
D. All of the above are Gestalt counseling goals.
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A. satiation.
B. extinction gradient delineation.
C. mediation maximization
D. systematic desensitization
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A. existential
B. client-centered
C. rational emotive
D. psychoanalytic
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A. process
B. context
C. product
D. validity
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A. racquet ball - chess
B. backgammon - computerized games
C. golf - tennis
D. reading mysteries - bowling
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