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National Counselor Exam Questions
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In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to:
c. the sensorimotor intelligence stage.
b. defenses of the ego.
a. volume or mass.
d. a specific psychosexual stage of life.
2
A counselor who utilizes the term
instinctual
technically means:
behavior that manifests in all members of a species
behavior results from unconscious aggression.
women will show the behavior to a higher degree thanmen.
3
A client would generally feel the most suspicious of others in...
the final stage of separation or termination.
the intimacy stage.
a group with co-leadership, also known as co-facilitation.
the group formation/exploratory stage.
4
A valid test is _______ reliable.
never
80%
not always
always
5
In the United States, each socioeconomic group represents:
the silent middle class
a separate race
a separate national culture
a separate culture
6
All of these theorists could be associated with the analytic movement except:
Jung
Adler
Freud
Wolpe
7
State laws can govern title usage and practice, however, they
do not
govern:
licensure
involuntary commitment to state psychiatric facilities.
accreditation
counselor licensure
8
Robert Kegan speaks of a “holding environment” in counseling in which...
biofeedback training is highly recommended.
the client is urged to relive a trauma in an encounter group
the activity of meaning making is discouraged.
the client can make meaning and can find new direction.
9
A reliable test is _______ valid.
90%.
80%.
always
not always
10
When development comes to a halt, counselors say that the client:
d. is displaying the risky shift phenomenon.
b. suffers from a phobia.
c. suffers from fixation.
a. has “learned helplessness” syndrome.
11
_______ emphasized the drive for superiority...
Jung.
Constructivist therapists.
Freud and Jung.
Adler.
12
In a projective test the client is shown...
neutral stimuli.
something which is highly reinforcing.
something that is highly charged from an emotional place
a and b.
13
Jean Piaget’s theory has four stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is:
sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete, formal operations.
concrete, sensorimotor, preoperations, formal operations.
formal, preoperations, concrete, sensorimotor.
formal operations, concrete, preoperations, sensorimotor.
14
Freud postulated psychosexual stages:
id, ego, and superego.
manifest, latent, oral, and phallic.
oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
eros, thanatos, regression, and superego.
15
Mark wants to stamp out porn. He is involved in this cause so that he can view the material:
rationalization
introjection
projection
reaction formation
16
Talking about difficulties in order to purge emotions is a curative process known as:
resistance
catharsis, or abreaction.
accurate empathy
reflection of emotional content.
17
A client who's incorporated his father’s values (good or bad) into his beliefs is a product of:
introjection
rationalization
rationalization
displacement
18
The NCE is:
an aptitude test.
an achievement test.
a personality test.
an intelligence test.
19
A leader who wishes to stop inappropriate discussion should rely on...
blocking.
summarization.
liking.
clarification.
20
Regardless of culture, the popular individual
has good social skills.
values race over ethnicity.
never possesses a modal personality.
dresses in the latest styles.
21
Trust versus mistrust is:
the basis of morality according to Kohlberg.
an Adlerian notion of morality.
Erikson’s first stage of psychosocial development
essentially equivalent to Piaget’s concept of egocentrism
22
A counselor who is alcoholic and suffering from burnout could best be described as:
a mesomorph
wise to use his experiences to help others.
a paraprofessional
an impaired professional.
23
Experiential conjoint family therapy is closely related to the work of:
Virginia Satir
Jay Haley.
AlbertEllis.
Salvador Minuchin, the father of structural family therapy.
24
Gestalt therapists sometimes utilize the exaggeration experiment which most closely resembles:
freeassociation
successive approximation
paradox as practiced by Frankl, Haley, or Erickson.
paraphrasing with emotional reflection.
25
The sequence of object loss that goes from protest to despair to detachment, is the work of:
Freud.
Erikson.
Bowlby.
Adler on birth order.
26
Skinner’s operant conditioning is also referred to as
cognitive learning
learning via insight
instrumental learning
classical conditioning
27
A family that is stable and reaches an equilibrium is in a state of:
Nonsummativity
enmeshment
homeostasis
adaptability
28
In psychoanalytic family therapy the word object means:
a significant other with whom a child wishes to bond.
countertransference
transference
a dream.
29
John Bowlby’s name is most closely associated with...
developmental stage theories
the work of psychologist and pediatrician, Arnold Gesell
the unconscious mind.
bonding and attachment
30
_______ is behavioral sex therapy.
conditionedreflextherapy
sensate focus
orgone box therapy
classical vegotherapy
31
Today, the Stanford-Binet IQ test is
a nonstandardized measure.
a projective measure.
a standardized measure.
32
Experts firmly believe that a common weakness in many groups is:
a lack of goal setting.
setting too many goals.
that the leader uses a democratic style.
using a male and a female coleader.
33
An expert who has reviewed the literature on TV and violence would conclude that:
in reality TV has no impact on a child’s behavior.
what adults see as violent, children perceive as caring.
watching violence makes children less aggressive.
watching violence tends to make children more aggressive.
34
Cognitive dissonance research deals mainly with:
attraction
cognitions and emotion.
cognition and attitude formation.
35
Most ethical dilemmas are related to:
testing.
research.
diagnosis
confidentiality
36
Cloe Madanes and Jay Haley are associated with the _______ school of family counseling.
object relations
psychodynamic
strategic
behavioral
37
When a counselor speaks of a probable outcome in a case, he or she is technically referring to
attending behavior
the intervention
the prognosis.
the diagnosis
38
Which is more important, validity or reliability?
They are equally important.
Validity
Reliability
It depends on the test in question.
39
A group member who asks other members inappropriate questions is known as a Peeping Tom or:
an interrogator.
an energizer.
a scapegoat.
a follower.
40
The MMPI-2 is:
a projective personality test.
a neurological test.
an IQ test.
a standardized personality test.
41
In social psychology, the
sleeper effect
asserts that:
REM sleep facilitates insight.
one forgets the communicator but remembers the message.
sleep learning facilitates social skills.
one remembers the communicator but forgets the message.
42
Ethnocentrism:
is a genetic term.
uses one’s own culture as a yardstick to measure all others.
means race
43
The zone of proximal development
a, b, and c
emphasized organ inferiority.
was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky.
was pioneered by Piaget and Kohlberg.
44
Shoulds and oughts are _______ according to Ellis.
rational
awfulizations
musturbations
masturbations
45
In a healthy group, members...
have no roles.
are flexible and can change roles.
spend a great deal of time practicing role reversal.
assume a role and never change it.
46
In girls the Oedipus complex may be referred to as:
c. in vivo desensitization.
b. covert desensitization.
d. the Electra complex.
a. systematic desensitization.
47
Freud postulated psychosexual stages:
eros, thanatos, regression, and superego.
id, ego, and superego
manifest, latent, oral, and phallic.
oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital.
48
The fear of death:
is greatest during middle age.
the number one psychiatric problem in the geriatric years
surprisingly enough occurs in the teen years.
is an almost exclusively male phenomenon
49
You find yourself sexually attracted to a client. This is known as
countertransference
negative transference
positive transference
ambivalent transference
50
The researcher who is known for his work with maternal deprivation and isolation in monkeys is:
all of the above.
John Bowlby.
Harry Harlow.
LawrenceKohlberg.
51
Formal diagnosis, also known as nosology, is most closely related to the _______ model.
behavioral
medical
cognitive-behavioral.
rational-emotive behavior therapy.
52
The trait-and-factor approach fails to take _______ into account:
job requirements.
individual change throughout the life span.
personality.
relevant psychometric data.
53
The tendency to affiliate with others...
is highest in the middle child.
is based on hormonal output.
is highest in dysthymics.
is highest in firstborns and only children
54
In the 1920s, Emory Bogardus developed a social distance scale which evaluated:
how an individual felt toward other ethnic groups.
socioeconomic trends
disadvantaged youth
language barriers between Black people and Asian people.
55
The word dynamic means the group is
defined in an operational manner
always changing.
normal.
static.
