NCE Study Guide

Module 8: Moral Development and Ethical Reasoning

Lawrence Kohlberg, Carol Gilligan, James Rest (Moral Development – Justice, Care, and Ethical Decision-Making)

Module 7: Neo-Freudian and Psychodynamic Theories

Carl Jung, Karen Horney, Melanie Klein (Beyond Freud – The Unconscious, Archetypes, and Object Relations)

Module 6: Attachment Theory and Early Development

John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Harry Harlow (Attachment and Bonding – Infant Relationships and Their Impact on Development)

Module 5: Career Counseling and Vocational Development

Donald Super, John Holland, Linda Gottfredson (Career Development – Personality, Self-Concept, and Occupational Choice)

Module 4: Existential Therapy and Meaning-Making

Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, Irvin Yalom (Existential and Humanistic Therapy – Meaning, Freedom, and Anxiety)

Module 3: Learning Theories and Behavioral Conditioning

B.F. Skinner, John Watson, Albert Bandura (Behaviorism and Social Learning – Conditioning, Reinforcement, and Modeling)

Module 2: Theories of Personality and Human Development

Alfred Adler, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget (Psychosocial and Cognitive Development – Growth Across the Lifespan)

Module 1: The Foundations of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers, Aaron Beck (Psychoanalysis, Humanism, and Cognitive Therapy – Core Approaches to Therapy)