NCE Practice Test #2 Questions and Answers 2024
The test created by David Wechsler is what type of test?
IQ
Carl Jung believed that teleology must be considered in understanding personality. What does teleology refer to?
Goals
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The test created by David Wechsler is what type of test? - answerIQ
Carl Jung believed that teleology must be considered in understanding personality.
What does teleology refer to? - answerGoals
Terry's average score per basketball game is 27 points. This places him sixth among all
the forwards in the Midwest basketball league. The level of measurement described in
this example is: - answerOrdinal
What is the difference between confidentiality and privileged communication? -
answerConfidentiality is an ethical concept, and privileged communication is a legal
concept.
Which of the following are examples of negative symptoms associated with
schizophrenia? - answerBlunt or flat affect, avolition, and reduced speech
A counselor with several clients is also adjusting to a difficult divorce. The counselor is
not sleeping or eating well, is highly distractible, and is generally less in-touch with her
emotional state. The counselor should: - answerbe alert to her mental status and be
able to determine if continuing with her clients poses any threat of being detrimental to
the counseling process.
Why did R. K. Conyne create the "Group Work Grid?" - answerTo expand practical
understanding of group work.
As of the 21st century, the number of certified and licensed counselors in the U.S. is
close to: - answer100,000
Which of these is correct about insurance laws related to counseling? - answerIn some
states, insurance laws now require licensed counselors to be reimbursed for treating
certain mental illnesses
Robert Carkhuff categorized counselors' responses as all EXCEPT which of the
following? - answerMultiplicative
Which of the following is a good example of a standardized test? - answerA structured,
scored test
,Jason is a computer programmer. He is an excellent engineer but is not good at
technical support, because he doesn't know how to converse easily with people. His
wife, Sallie, is a teacher and she is great at explaining things. Children and others love
her. However, she can never get her computer to work. John Holland would identify
Jason and Sallie respectively as which of his six personality types or styles. -
answerJason is mainly an investigative type and Sallie is mainly a social type.
Interpersonal therapy is generally most effective for which of the following? -
answerMajor Depressive Episodes
Premature termination of participation in a group usually occurs when an individual is: -
answernot very motivated
Dr. Stanwyck has determined that his two groups of students have significantly different
scores on the post-test of self-efficacy he gave to them after two different courses of
counseling. Now he wants to find out whether there is also a statistically significant
interaction between the two groups' mean scores. What kind of test would he be likely to
use to determine this? - answerA factorial ANOVA
Styles of group leadership have been described as all EXCEPT: - answereffective
A 20-year-old male college student has been referred for evaluation by his family. They
note that over the last six to seven months he has increasingly avoided contact and/or
talking with family members and friends, that he often seems intensely preoccupied,
and that his hygiene and grooming have become very poor. In speaking with him the
counselor notes that he seems very guarded, that his affect is virtually expressionless,
and that he resists talking. When able to coax him to speak, his speech is very
tangential, disorganized, and even incoherent at times. He seems to be responding to
internal stimuli (hallucinations and/or intrusive thoughts). The family and he deny
substance abuse. Which would be the MOST likely diagnosis? - answerSchizophrenia
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. - answerobject
permanence
True variance or the coefficient of determination is obtained by: - answerSquaring the
correlation coefficient.
A scatter plot depicts: - answerPairs of scores
An appropriate primary intervention for clients at risk of emotional illness resulting from
trauma, such as an act of violence, is to do which of the following? - answerClarify the
client's problem
, Working with individuals from different cultures requires that the counselor do all the
following EXCEPT: - answermake a referral to another counselor.
Which two psychologists most emphasize freedom of choice and responsibility in their
theories? - answerCarl Rogers and Heinz Kohut
Jennifer has to choose between spending the evening with her parents or spending the
evening babysitting her younger sister. Jennifer does not like either of these choices.
This situation describes an: - answeravoidance-avoidance conflict
A 22-year old college student comes for counseling following a visit to a hospital
emergency room where he was complaining of chest pain. The medical work-up was
negative. During the counseling session the counselor learns that his father recently
died of a heart attack (a few weeks ago) while he was away at school, and that he is
now experiencing episodes of sudden-onset fear accompanied by symptoms such as a
rapid heart rate, sweating , tremors, chest pain, and shortness of breath, and feelings
that he is about to die. After a short time, the symptoms subside. In recent days he has
been sleeping outside the hospital, fearful that he may not otherwise arrive in time when
the symptoms strike. Which is the most likely diagnosis? - answerPanic Disorder
What is John Bowlby best know for? - answerAttachment theory
Negative reinforcement _______________ the behavior by ____________ a reinforcer;
positive reinforcement ___________ the behavior by ______________ a reinforcer. -
answerincreases, taking away; increases, adding
A t-score has a mean of ___________ and a standard deviation of _____________. -
answer50; 10.
Jeremy is a counselor. He believes in mirroring back his client's verbalizations, and not
passing judgement on what they say. Jeremy considers himself a facilitator in assisting
his client in reaching resolution of the presenting problems. What type of therapeutic
theory is Jeremy working from? - answerRogerian, client-centered therapy
A 10-year-old boy refuses to eat at the dinner table with the rest of the family and often
stays home when the family goes to the zoo or a museum. According to Minuchin, this
youngster is _________________ the family. - answerdisengaged from
When working with prospective employers about hiring those with mental disabilities, an
employer asks the counselor if it is legal to ask potential employees if they are disabled
during the initial interview. Which of the following is the best response? - answer"You
may ask only if the person can perform job functions."
A client in a support group assumes that another member of the group who is hearing
impaired is also intellectually disabled. Which of the following is the correct description
of this attitude? - answerHalo effect
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