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National Counselor Exam Prep (NCE) - Question List

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196. How do you decide why someone did something? It has been found that most people first try to figure out if the person acted as a result of internal or external causes. Harold Kelly gave three criteria for answering the internal-external question; can you find two of them below?
  1. Consistency, Fault
  2. Mind-set, Distinctiveness
  3. Unusual, Consensus
  4. Consistency, Consensus
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197. One error, or shortcut, to deciding internal/external attribution is so prevalent or basic that it is known as _____________.
  1. Situational Attribution Error
  2. Blaming the Victim
  3. Fundamental Attribution Error
  4. Any of the above
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198. There is a Saliency Bias associated with Attribution. Which statement below most closely describes the meaning?
  1. Some personalities/behaviors are more noticeable than situational factors
  2. Some people just look/act guilty, so you recognize that
  3. It’s a kind of cause/effect behavior
  4. There’s no such thing
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199. Why are people likely to blame the victim?
  1. It’s an easy solution
  2. They don’t take time to consider the true facts
  3. It helps us maintain our belief of bad things happen to bad people
  4. All of the above
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200. Fear Induction is one of the most effective persuasion techniques and is commonly used in advertisements and public service announcements. For fear tactics to work, there must be three factors to the message. They are ____________, _____________, and ____________.
  1. Make the message dramatic, with lots of blood, then give it a happy ending
  2. Show a really frightful situation, make it dramatic, then dissolve the fear
  3. Must engender a lot of fear, audience must believe the message, instructions for avoiding the danger must be present
  4. Listen to any “good” politician and you’ll soon figure it out!
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