National Counselor Exam Prep (NCE) - Question List

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201. Are some people easier to persuade than others? Are you? There have been four major audience characteristics that have been studied in relation to persuasion, pick the one that is not a factor in this study.
  1. Reactance
  2. Personality Traits
  3. Involvement
  4. Resistance
202. Group practices of prejudice and discrimination have been a large part of our society. What is the meaning of In-group Favoritism and Out-group Negativity?
  1. An In-group tends to see themselves as more attractive, while an Out-group is looked down upon
  2. In-group is one to belong to, Out-group consists of everybody outside the In-group
  3. People create In-groups and Out-groups by favoring one type of people over another
  4. All of the above
203. A very dangerous kind of cognitive bias is the tendency to see more diversity among members of your ‘in-group’ and less diversity among the ‘out-group’. This “they all look alike to me” tendency is termed the __________________.
  1. Out-group Are All Alike Effect
  2. Out-group Homogeneity Effect
  3. Out-group Are-As-One Effect
  4. Out-group Personality Needs Effect
204. When lower-class groups tend to blame each other rather than the upper class or the class system itself it is known as Displaced Aggression. What causes this aggression to be misplaced?
  1. The source is too big to fight
  2. The source is capable of retaliating
  3. People often displace their aggression on a nonthreatening target
  4. All of the above
205. What can be done to combat prejudice and aggression between groups? There are three suggested methods, one is listed below.
  1. Decreased contact
  2. Separate territories
  3. Super ordinate goals
  4. Displaced aggression

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