Test Prep NCE Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Test Prep NCE Online Questions & Answers

• Question 71:

  Which of the following are not included as a concept in deductive reasoning?

  A. Minor premise
  B. Obvious conclusion
  C. Medium premise
  D. Major premise
  C. Medium premise

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  Aristotle discussed the use of a major premise, a related minor premise and an obvious conclusion as a part of deductive reasoning.

• Question 72:

  If a child is learning to use abstract concepts, which of Piaget's stages is she in?

  A. Preoperational
  B. Sensorimotoer
  C. Concrete
  D. Early Adolescence
  D. Early Adolescence

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  Typically around the age of 11 or 12, children are moving into the Formal Operational Stage where they are learning to think about abstract concepts. The Concrete Operational Stage is characterized by applying logic.

• Question 73:

  You are using the ABC model of cognitive therapy. Which model are you trying to promote in your clients after a negative event?

  A. Negative Event leads to irrational belief leads to positive thought
  B. Negative Event leads to rational belief leads to healthy negative thought
  C. Negative Event leads to irrational belief leads to unhealthy negative thought
  D. None of the above
  B. Negative Event leads to rational belief leads to healthy negative thought

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  Albert Ellis developed the ABC model to help replace unhealthy, irrational beliefs with rational ones following a negative event.

• Question 74:

  The most valuable type of research is the:

  A. correlational study
  B. experiment
  C. survey
  D. descriptive narrative
  B. experiment

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  The experiment is the most powerful research method because it is the only design that examines a single factor's effect on a particular behavior. Therefore, it is the only method where a direct cause and effect relationship can be established. While correlational studies can show if 2 variables are related and how strong the relationship is, it is important to remember correlation does not equal causation.

• Question 75:

  Which of the following interventions is not commonly used in Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)?

  A. Discussion of patterns in a client's relationships
  B. A detailed past history of the client
  C. Exploration of the therapist/client relationship
  D. The ABC Model
  D. The ABC Model

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  Interpersonal Therapy is a short term, solution focused treatment mainly for clients who have depression. The ABC Model is a cognitive behavioral therapy technique developed by Albert Ellis to use when clients hold irrational beliefs.

• Question 76:

  The fact that a group decision will be less conservative than a decision made by an individual can be explained by which of the following concepts?

  A. Bystander apathy
  B. Risky shift phenomenon
  C. Skepticism
  D. Conditioning
  B. Risky shift phenomenon

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  Risky shift phenomenon is part of social psychology and a form of group polarization. This is related to deindividuation which occurs when a person in a group loses some of their self-identity leading to a loss of restraint and self-awareness. Bystander apathy is another term from social psychology and occurs when individuals assume that, since there are other people around, someone else has already taken action to help.

• Question 77:

  Who developed the technique of paradoxical intention?

  A. Wolpe
  B. Super
  C. Frankl
  D. Jung
  C. Frankl

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  Victor Frankl developed the technique of paradoxical intention and used it with clients who had severe anxiety. Systematic desensitization is a behavioral therapy technique developed by Wolpe to help clients overcome phobias.

• Question 78:

  A counselor that decides his consultancy fee job-by-job instead of setting a standard rate is using a variable-ratio reinforcement schedule.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

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  A variable ratio schedule is when a reward occurs after an unpredictable amount of responses and typically provides a high rate of response. The counselor's rate is unpredictable from one job to the next. A fixed ratio schedule occurs when a response is reinforced after a set number of responses. Fixed interval schedules reinforce the response only after a certain amount of time has passed. Variable interval schedules reinforce the response after an unpredictable amount of time has gone by.

• Question 79:

  Cultural norms: A. measure conduct

  B. describe how people belonging to a certain group are supposed to act
  C. show how to interact with someone from another culture
  D. were first described by Freud
  B. describe how people belonging to a certain group are supposed to act

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  While understanding cultural norms may help you understand the behavior and actions of someone from another culture, thereby making it easier to interact with that person, they do not provide a roadmap showing how to interact.

• Question 80:

  What does RIASEC stand for?

  A. Realistic, Instigating, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional
  B. Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional
  C. Reformed, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional
  D. Realistic, Inquiring, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Committed
  B. Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional

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  Career theorist John Holland developed these 6 categories describing different work environments. He believed an individual's personality needed to match their work environment in order to maximize happiness and success.