NCMHCE Lifespan Development in Counseling 5

Question 1

A counselor notes a client exhibits a persistent pattern of anxious attachment and hypervigilance in relationships. Research suggests this pattern is MOST directly shaped by:

Accepted Answer

Early caregiver-child attachment experiences

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Peer relationships during adolescence

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Genetic predisposition alone

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Cultural norms around dependency

Question 2

Which Kübler-Ross stage is characterized by attempts to make deals with God or fate in order to postpone the inevitable loss?

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Bargaining

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Denial

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Anger

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Depression

Question 3

A 5-year-old insists that the moon follows her when she walks home. According to Piaget, this reflects which preoperational characteristic?

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Egocentrism

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Conservation

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Animism

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Centration

Question 4

A counselor working with a terminally ill 40-year-old uses a lifespan framework to understand the client's distress about 'unfinished business.' This BEST corresponds to which theoretical concept?

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Off-time developmental event

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Generativity vs. stagnation (Erikson)

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Identity moratorium (Marcia)

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Preconventional moral reasoning (Kohlberg)

Question 5

During a family session, the counselor observes a grandmother teaching a grandchild a cultural tradition. This multigenerational transmission BEST reflects which theoretical lens?

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Vygotsky's sociocultural theory

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Bronfenbrenner's macrosystem

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Piaget's schema development

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Erikson's generativity

Question 6

In Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, the MICROSYSTEM refers to:

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The direct, immediate environments in which the child interacts daily

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The broader cultural and societal values influencing development

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Connections between two or more settings the child inhabits

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Indirect influences such as a parent's workplace

Question 7

A counselor conceptualizes an adolescent client's risk-taking behavior partly as normative for developmental stage. Which brain development finding BEST supports this clinical reasoning?

Accepted Answer

The limbic system is fully developed before the prefrontal cortex in adolescence

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The prefrontal cortex matures before emotional regulation centers

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Risk-taking is exclusively driven by peer pressure, not neurodevelopment

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Adolescent brains are structurally identical to adult brains by age 14