EPPP Practice test 1 (Latest
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You administer a test to a sample of young adults with PTSD and, from their scores,
calculate a kappa coefficient of .95. This indicates that the test is:
a. reliable.
b. valid.
c. reliable and valid.
d. reliable but not valid. - correct answer a.
You are hired by a small company to provide evaluation and counseling services to
employees. The company owner tells you that employees routinely sign a waiver of
confidentiality when they are hired. In this situation, you should:
a. tell the employer that you can give her only very limited and relevant information
about an employee even though the employee has signed a waiver.
b. clarify the company policy with the employees that you see and determine if they
want to continue in counseling.
,c. provide the employer with information only after you have confirmed that the
employee has actually signed the waiver.
d. refuse to give the employer any information about the employees that you see. -
correct answer b.
An adolescent is brought to therapy by her mother who says the girl has recently
become "another person." She says her daughter used to be easy-going and easy to
get along with and was well-liked at school by her peers and teachers. However, now
her daughter is constantly irritable, is smoking and drinking, and has started having
trouble at school. When the therapist interviews the girl, he learns that she is engaging
in high-risk sexual behavior, but the girl feels that nothing bad can ever happen to her.
Based on these symptoms, the best diagnosis is:
a. ADHD.
b. Conduct Disorder.
c. Bipolar I Disorder.
d. Bipolar II Disorder. - correct answer c.
,During the first few sessions of family therapy, a structural family therapist makes use
of "tracking" and "mimesis" in order to:
a. keep from becoming emotionally triangulated into the family system.
b. join with the family system.
c. make initial changes in the family structure.
d. reduce stress in the family system. - correct answer b.
A split-brain patient would be able to do which of the following?
a. say the word "spoon" after it is projected to his left visual field
b. repeat a series of letters that have been whispered in his left ear
c. identify an odor that has been presented to his right nostril
d. identify a spoon with his left hand after an image of a spoon is projected to his left
visual field - correct answer d.
With regard to the effects of age on global job satisfaction, the best conclusion is that
these variables have:
a. a U-shaped relationship.
b. an inverted U-shaped relationship.
, c. an inverse relationship.
d. a positive relationship. - correct answer d.
When using the technique known as the Premack Principle, the reinforcer is:
a. applied intermittently.
b. a generalized conditioned reinforcer.
c. a behavior that occurs frequently.
d. a stimulus that naturally elicits the desired behavior. - correct answer c.
The research suggests that which of the following would be least useful for the
treatment of alcoholism?
a. social-skills training
b. stress management training
c. antidepressant medication
d. anxiolytic medication - correct answer d.
In discussing a depressed client, a therapist says the client's problems are due to the
fact that she did not experience normal grief following the death of her mother. He
Update) Questions and Answers {Grade A}
100% Correct (Verified Answers)
You administer a test to a sample of young adults with PTSD and, from their scores,
calculate a kappa coefficient of .95. This indicates that the test is:
a. reliable.
b. valid.
c. reliable and valid.
d. reliable but not valid. - correct answer a.
You are hired by a small company to provide evaluation and counseling services to
employees. The company owner tells you that employees routinely sign a waiver of
confidentiality when they are hired. In this situation, you should:
a. tell the employer that you can give her only very limited and relevant information
about an employee even though the employee has signed a waiver.
b. clarify the company policy with the employees that you see and determine if they
want to continue in counseling.
,c. provide the employer with information only after you have confirmed that the
employee has actually signed the waiver.
d. refuse to give the employer any information about the employees that you see. -
correct answer b.
An adolescent is brought to therapy by her mother who says the girl has recently
become "another person." She says her daughter used to be easy-going and easy to
get along with and was well-liked at school by her peers and teachers. However, now
her daughter is constantly irritable, is smoking and drinking, and has started having
trouble at school. When the therapist interviews the girl, he learns that she is engaging
in high-risk sexual behavior, but the girl feels that nothing bad can ever happen to her.
Based on these symptoms, the best diagnosis is:
a. ADHD.
b. Conduct Disorder.
c. Bipolar I Disorder.
d. Bipolar II Disorder. - correct answer c.
,During the first few sessions of family therapy, a structural family therapist makes use
of "tracking" and "mimesis" in order to:
a. keep from becoming emotionally triangulated into the family system.
b. join with the family system.
c. make initial changes in the family structure.
d. reduce stress in the family system. - correct answer b.
A split-brain patient would be able to do which of the following?
a. say the word "spoon" after it is projected to his left visual field
b. repeat a series of letters that have been whispered in his left ear
c. identify an odor that has been presented to his right nostril
d. identify a spoon with his left hand after an image of a spoon is projected to his left
visual field - correct answer d.
With regard to the effects of age on global job satisfaction, the best conclusion is that
these variables have:
a. a U-shaped relationship.
b. an inverted U-shaped relationship.
, c. an inverse relationship.
d. a positive relationship. - correct answer d.
When using the technique known as the Premack Principle, the reinforcer is:
a. applied intermittently.
b. a generalized conditioned reinforcer.
c. a behavior that occurs frequently.
d. a stimulus that naturally elicits the desired behavior. - correct answer c.
The research suggests that which of the following would be least useful for the
treatment of alcoholism?
a. social-skills training
b. stress management training
c. antidepressant medication
d. anxiolytic medication - correct answer d.
In discussing a depressed client, a therapist says the client's problems are due to the
fact that she did not experience normal grief following the death of her mother. He
