NCE Online Practice Questions and Answers

Correct Answer: A

Freud described the Oedipus Complex as a stage when a boy develops feelings of desire for his mother and has feelings of anger and jealousy toward his father. The Electra Complex is when a girl develops feelings of desire for her father and has feelings of anger and jealousy toward her mother.

Correct Answer: B

Principled thought comes after moving through the 6th stage, which Kohlberg believed few people actually reached. Self-actualization is the highest level of development one can reach according to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Correct Answer: B

Memories are stored in the brain's hippocampus and recollection occurs when a person needs to reconstruct a memory. Each time a person reminisces about an experience, that memory is strengthened. Recall designates that specific details be retrieved through memory. Recognition is the ability to recognize previously encountered people, events, or objects.

Correct Answer: B

According to Freud, the id is present at birth and is part of the unconscious. It is impulsive, not rational, and moves towards pleasure and away from pain. The superego is made up of the conscience and ideal self and incorporates society's values and norms. The ego uses a rational process to solve problems and meet the id's demands while satisfying the superego.

Correct Answer: B

The eclectic approach can be quite successful. Most counselors using this approach still adhere to one or two main counseling theories, but draw techniques from many different theories. A counselor using a holistic approach would consider the person as a whole (body, mind, emotions, spirit) rather than the separate parts when meeting with a client.

Correct Answer: A

The purpose of reinforcers is to increase the likelihood that a specific behavior will occur following a stimulus.

Correct Answer: A

While Aristotle was the first to describe catharsis, it was the psychoanalyst Josef Breuer who first used it as a technique. He found that while recalling traumatic experiences under hypnosis, his clients experienced relief after expressing the repressed emotions.

Correct Answer: A

In 1905, Joseph Pratt, a medical doctor from Boston, gathered a group of patients with tuberculosis in

order to educate them. The rest are all group theorists of later years. Rogers is often referred to as the

"father of counseling psychology".

Yalom developed a list of therapeutic factors in group therapy. Bion was a British psychoanalyst.

Correct Answer: C

Helping clients work through trauma requires specialized training. If the client is presenting with trauma and it is out of the realm of the counselor's ability to handle, the client should be referred to a qualified professional.

Correct Answer: C

Knowledge can be gained about a particular relationship by following downward from general to specific. For instance: In general, people with depression are sad. Sally is sad. Sally has depression.