LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor Human Growth and Development Questions and Answers

Question 1

A 15-year-old client is struggling with questions about their future career, personal values, and their place in society.
They are experimenting with different styles of dress and music.
According to Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, which of the following crises is the client most likely experiencing?

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Identity vs. Role Confusion

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

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Industry vs. Inferiority

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Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Question 2

A counselor is working with a 5-year-old child who believes that a tall, thin glass holds more water than a short, wide glass, even after watching the counselor pour the same amount of water from the short glass into the tall one. This child is demonstrating a lack of which of Jean Piaget's concepts?

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Conservation

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Object Permanence

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Egocentrism

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Abstract Reasoning

Question 3

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates Lev Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?

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A student is able to solve a complex math problem with the guidance and support of their teacher, but cannot solve it alone.

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A child independently completes a puzzle they have solved many times before.

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An infant learns to smile by imitating their caregiver.

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A teenager develops abstract thinking and can debate philosophical concepts.

Question 4

A client states, "I'm not going to report my colleague for unethical behavior because I don't want to be seen as a troublemaker by my coworkers." According to Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development, this reasoning is characteristic of which level?

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Conventional

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Preconventional

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Postconventional

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Unconventional

Question 5

An 80-year-old man is meeting with a counselor. He reflects on his life with a deep sense of satisfaction and contentment, feeling he has lived a meaningful and successful life. According to Erikson, this client has successfully resolved which psychosocial crisis?

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Integrity vs. Despair

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

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Trust vs. Mistrust

Question 6

Which of the following is a key characteristic of Piaget's formal operational stage of cognitive development?

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Ability to think abstractly and use hypothetical-deductive reasoning

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Development of object permanence

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Egocentric thinking and symbolic play

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Logical thinking about concrete events