EPPP PSYCHOLOGY LICENSING EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A

EPPP PSYCHOLOGY LICENSING EXAM 2023-2024

ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED

ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A

1. Which of the following describes postconcussion syndrome?

• 1. Irritability, fatigue, and headaches.

• 2. Loss of consciousness for minutes to an hour.

• 3. Loss of consciousness for hours to days.

•4. Headaches and numbness on one side of the body. - ANSWER- 1. Irritability,

fatigue, and headaches. (correct answer, your response)

ETHICAL/LEGAL/PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

2. According to the Tarasoff II ruling:

• 1. a therapist has a duty to protect when he or she becomes aware of a potential

homicidal situation in the course of therapy.

• 2. when a patient admits to homicidal intent and there is a "reasonably

identifiable victim," the therapist has a duty to warn the intended victim as well as

the police.

• 3. when a patient admits to homicidal intent, the therapist must attempt to warn

the intended victim and must tell the police, as well as take further steps such as

securing medications or hospitalization for the patient.

• 4. when a patient admits to vague homicidal intent, the therapist must ascertain

who the intended victim is. - ANSWER- 3. when a patient admits to homicidal

intent, the therapist must attempt to warn the intended victim and must tell the

police, as well as take further steps such as securing medications or hospitalization

for the patient. (correct answer)

GROWTH AND LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

3. Several school age children are playing handball during recess. Which of the

following statements might be made if the children are in Piaget's stage of

autonomous morality?

• 1. It's okay to change the rules if we all agree.

• 2. It is wrong to break the rules of the game.

• 3. You're cheating, so I'm not going to play anymore.

• 4. You're cheating, so I'm going to tell on you. - ANSWER- 1. It's okay to change

the rules if we all agree. (correct answer)

RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS

4. Meta-analysis involves:

• 1. combining the results of different studies into an effect size while assigning

greater weight to studies that are of better quality.

• 2. reanalyzing data from different studies and combining the results into an effect

size.

• 3. comparing different studies and calculating an effect size without taking into

consideration how each study was conducted.

• 4. combining the results of studies into an effect size. - ANSWER- 4. combining

the results of studies into an effect size. (correct answer)

SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

5. Which of the following is true regarding the influence of members of a group

who hold minority views?

• 1. Minority views are likely to have an immediate effect on the group if the group

who holds minority views is relatively large.

• 2. Minority views are more likely to have a delayed effect on the group provided

that group members with minority views persist in their views.

• 3. Minority views are more likely to have an influence on the group when

members who hold minority views make a small concession early in the

discussion.

• 4. Minority views are more likely to have an influence on the group when the

minority voice is met with relatively little disapproval by group members who hold

majority views. - ANSWER- 2. Minority views are more likely to have a delayed

effect on the group provided that group members with minority views persist in

their views. (correct answer)

ETHICAL/LEGAL/PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

6. You terminate short-term treatment with a patient who was diagnosed with an

adjustment disorder. Several weeks later, you receive a phone call from the patient,

who tells you that he feels depressed and is experiencing suicidal intent. What

would be the best response to this situation?

• 1. Refer the patient to another therapist since treatment was terminated several

weeks ago.

• 2. Meet with him once to assess his current situation and then refer him out.

• 3. See him until the crisis subsides.

• 4. Resume treatment and address the underlying roots of the current depression. -

ANSWER- 3. See him until the crisis subsides. (correct answer, your response)

TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION

7. According to the "Big 5" model, the five basic personality traits are:

• 1. neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion, openness to

experience.

• 2. introversion/extroversion, stability/instability, normality/psychoticism, less

intelligent/more intelligent, trusting/suspicious.

• 3. reserved/outgoing, affected by feeling/emotionally stable,

submissive/dominant, practical/imaginative, self-assured/apprehensive.

• 4. social, conventional, artistic, enterprising, investigative. - ANSWER- 1.

neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion, openness to

experience. (correct answer, your response)

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

8. When in a state of relaxed wakefulness, which brain waves predominate?

• 1. Alpha.

• 2. Beta.

• 3. Theta.

• 4. Delta. - ANSWER- 1. Alpha. (correct answer)

TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION

9. Two therapists have been co-facilitating a process group. During a group

session, the two therapists experience a difference of opinion in response to an

exchange between the group members. How should they handle their

disagreement?

• 1. Discuss it after the group session is over.

• 2. Seek consultation to help settle the disagreement.

• 3. Discuss it openly in the group.

• 4. Ask the group how the disagreement should be handled. - ANSWER- 3.

Discuss it openly in the group. (correct answer, your response)

RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS

10. A researcher may opt to run a MANOVA rather than an ANOVA because:

• 1. a MANOVA can accommodate more than one outcome measure.

• 2. a MANOVA can accommodate more than one independent variable.

• 3. a MANOVA is more powerful than an ANOVA.