NCE Practice Test Questions 2

1. When it comes to displaying aggression, girls more often engage in ____________ aggression than boys.

a. hostile
b. instrumental
c. relational
d. physical

2. All of the following are physical characteristics of Down Syndrome EXCEPT:

a. short, stocky build
b. almond-shaped eyes
c. large hands and feet
d. flattened face

3. Which of the following statements is true when considering cultural and familial influences on self-esteem?

a. Chinese and Japanese children have higher self-esteem than North American children, mainly because their cultures have higher academic standards for achievement.
b. Boys tend to have lower self-esteem than girls.
c. African American children tend to have lower self-esteem than Caucasian children.
d. An authoritative parenting style usually allows children to have especially high selfesteem.

4. Research on gay and lesbian parents indicates:

a. Their children are maladjusted.
b. They are as dedicated to and effective at child rearing as are heterosexual parents.
c. They are less dedicated to child rearing than heterosexual parents.
d. Their children are parented harshly and inconsistently.

5. In the Stanford prison study, what caused the guards to treat the prisoners harshly?

a.Their instructions from the researchers
b.The uncooperative behavior of the prisoners
c. The social context
d. The pressure the guards got from one another

6. In the original studies, Milgram and his colleagues found that people were more likely to disobey under all of the following circumstances EXCEPT when __________.

a. the victim was in an adjoining room so the "teacher" heard every sound the victim made
b. two experimenters had conflicting demands about the continuation of the experiment
c. the person ordering them to continue was an ordinary man, apparently another volunteer
d. the subject worked with peers who refused to go further in the procedure

7. In the Stanford prison simulation, male college students agreed to participate in an experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the roles of prisoners and guards. The researchers found that __________.

a. within a short time the prisoners became distressed and panicky, with accompanying emotional and physical ailments
b. a small percentage of the guards became tyrannical and abusive in order to maintain the social structure of the prison
c. the "tough but fair" guards urged the tyrannical guards to lighten up on the prisoners
d. all of the prisoners and the guards became harsh and abusive

8. In what ways do stereotypes distort reality?

a. Stereotypes exaggerate the differences that exist between groups.
b. Stereotypes exaggerate the differences that exist within groups.
c. Stereotypes produce many differing perceptions by many people.
d. Stereotypes demonstrate that members of a group can be different.

9. Jennifer has to choose between spending the evening at home with her parents or spending the evening babysitting her younger sister. Jennifer does not like either of these choices. This situation describes an:

a. approach-avoidance conflict
b. avoidance-avoidance conflict
c. approach-approach conflict
d. avoidance vector

10. Connie tells each of her clients that the best way she can help them is to attempt to look at the world from the client's point of view. This counselor is taking the _________ perspective.

a. etic
b. alloplastic
c. emic
d. autoplastic

NCE Practice Test 2 Answer Key/Explanations