NCMHCE - National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination Lifespan Development in Counseling 3

Question 1

A 16-year-old client tells a counselor, 'I keep changing my mind about who I am and what I believe.' According to Erikson, this is most consistent with which developmental conflict?

Accepted Answer

Identity vs. Role Confusion

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Industry vs. Inferiority

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

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Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Question 2

Which theorist proposed that moral development progresses through preconventional, conventional, and postconventional levels?

Accepted Answer

Lawrence Kohlberg

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Jean Piaget

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Carol Gilligan

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Erik Erikson

Question 3

A 70-year-old client reflects with satisfaction on a life well-lived and expresses little fear of death. Erikson would describe this as successful resolution of which stage?

Accepted Answer

Integrity vs. Despair

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

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Identity vs. Role Confusion

Question 4

A counselor notices a 4-year-old engages in play alongside but not with other children. This is best described as which type of play?

Accepted Answer

Parallel play

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Cooperative play

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Onlooker play

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Associative play

Question 5

According to Bronfenbrenner's ecological model, the relationship between a child's school and family best represents which system?

Accepted Answer

Mesosystem

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Microsystem

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Exosystem

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Macrosystem

Question 6

A client in her 30s describes feeling disconnected from close relationships and fears vulnerability. According to Erikson, unresolved conflict from which stage is most implicated?

Accepted Answer

Intimacy vs. Isolation

Answer

Trust vs. Mistrust

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Identity vs. Role Confusion

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

Question 7

A school counselor observes that a 9-year-old can mentally reverse operations and understands conservation. According to Piaget, this child is in which stage?

Accepted Answer

Concrete Operational

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Sensorimotor

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Preoperational

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Formal Operational