EPPP Practice test 1 Questions and
Answers.
The presence of which of the following symptoms suggests that the appropriate
diagnosis is Alcohol Withdrawal as opposed to Cocaine Withdrawal?
a. insomnia
b. dysphoria
c. seizures
d. psychomotor agitation -
\c.
In family therapy, the adolescent daughter complains that she doesn't think she can
change and she feels that doing what the therapist has requested is pointless. The
therapist responds by saying, "Well, in that case, I think you shouldn't even try." The
therapist's response is an example of:
a. reactance.
b. restraining.
c. positioning.
d. prescription. -
\b.
According to Patterson and his colleagues, aggression in children is linked to the use of
coercive discipline by their parents. In turn, the parent's use of coercive discipline is
directly related to:
a. the parents' misinterpretations of the child's intentions when he or she misbehaves.
b. the parents' personality characteristics and the child's temperament.
c. the nature of the attachment between the child and the parent.
d. the effectiveness of the discipline in stopping the child's misbehavior. -
\b.
A person with a temporal lobe tumor is most likely to exhibit which of the following?
a. memory impairment, depression or anxiety, and hallucinations
b. poor judgment, impulsivity, and inappropriate jocularity
c. confabulation, irritability and suspiciousness, and prosopagnosia
d. dysgraphia, depression and apathy, and denial of his or her problems -
\a.
According to the path-goal theory of leadership, a primary task of a leader is to help
subordinates find the best path for attaining goals. In terms of leadership style, this
theory proposes that:
a. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends
on certain characteristics of the task and the subordinates.
, b. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends
on the leader's experience, personality, and so on.
c. the best style is a participative one that allows employees to help set their own goals.
d. the best style is an achievement-oriented one that focuses on enhancing the skills
and knowledge of subordinates so that they are better able to achieve their goals. -
\a.
Research on mnemonic devices suggests that they are:
a. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of both short-and long-term retention.
b. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of both short-and long-term
retention.
c. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of short-term but not long-term retention.
d. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of short-term but not long-term
retention. -
\c.
In the assessment of cognitive abilities with a standardized test, you would "test the
limits":
a. before administering the test.
b. before administering each subtest.
c. after administering the test.
d. whenever it seems appropriate to do so. -
\c.
A worker whose job consists primarily of handling customer complaints will be happier if
he s/he blames the customer's problems on:
a. external, stable, and global factors.
b. internal, stable, and specific factors.
c. external, unstable, and global factors.
d. external, unstable, and specific factors. -
\d.
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. -
\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. -
\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. -
\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. -
\b.
When a program to reduce aggression in children is based on the work of Patterson and
his colleagues, it will include which of the following?
a. providing the child with opportunities for catharsis
b. training parents in child management skills
c. increasing the child's perspective-taking skills
d. individual insight-oriented therapy for each parent -
\b.
Which of the following is true about the retrograde amnesia that occurs as the result of a
moderate to severe head injury?
a. it is limited to recent long-term memories
b. it is limited to remote long-term memories
c. when it begins to resolve, the most recent memories return first
d. when it begins to resolve, the most remote memories return first -
\d.
Research comparing heterogeneous to homogeneous work groups has found that
heterogeneous groups:
, a. are more creative and better at decision-making.
b. are more creative but less productive overall.
c. make better decisions but are less productive overall.
d. are more creative but worse at decision-making. -
\a.
You are conducting a study to investigate the phenomenon known as "blocking."
Consequently, you will:
a. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the US
prior to the CS.
b. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the CS
prior to a sec and US.
c. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the
original CS simultaneously with a second CS prior to the US.
d. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present a
second CS prior to the original CS. -
\c.
When using the Halstead-Reitan, an examinee's performance on seven measures (e.g.,
the Category Test, the Seashore Rhythm Test, and the Finger Oscillation Test) is used
to derive a or an:
a. Impairment Index, which can be used to determine if an examinee has brain damage.
b. Impairment Index, which can be used to determine if an examinee is suffering from a
functional disorder.
c. Pathology Profile, which allows the examiner to compare the examinee's score profile
to those of people with and without brain damage.
d. Pathology Profile, which helps the examiner determine the appropriate DSM-IV
diagnosis. -
\a.
After playing the role of a child abuser in a feature film, a well-known and formerly well-
liked actor begins receiving a lot of "hate mail." The writers of these letters are
exhibiting:
a. psychological reactance.
b. the fundamental attribution error.
c. the availability bias.
d. defensive attribution. -
\b.
Dr. Dither is hired by the court to conduct an evaluation of a family as part of a child
protection matter. Based on Dr. Dither's evaluation and other evidence, the court
determines that the child can remain at home with his family who will be provided with
supervision and counseling. Six months after the case is heard in court, Dr. Dither is
contacted by the mother who says she would like to begin therapy with him for issues
unrelated to the child protection matter. According to APA's Guidelines for Psychological
Evaluations in Child Protection Matters, Dr. Dither should:
Answers.
The presence of which of the following symptoms suggests that the appropriate
diagnosis is Alcohol Withdrawal as opposed to Cocaine Withdrawal?
a. insomnia
b. dysphoria
c. seizures
d. psychomotor agitation -
\c.
In family therapy, the adolescent daughter complains that she doesn't think she can
change and she feels that doing what the therapist has requested is pointless. The
therapist responds by saying, "Well, in that case, I think you shouldn't even try." The
therapist's response is an example of:
a. reactance.
b. restraining.
c. positioning.
d. prescription. -
\b.
According to Patterson and his colleagues, aggression in children is linked to the use of
coercive discipline by their parents. In turn, the parent's use of coercive discipline is
directly related to:
a. the parents' misinterpretations of the child's intentions when he or she misbehaves.
b. the parents' personality characteristics and the child's temperament.
c. the nature of the attachment between the child and the parent.
d. the effectiveness of the discipline in stopping the child's misbehavior. -
\b.
A person with a temporal lobe tumor is most likely to exhibit which of the following?
a. memory impairment, depression or anxiety, and hallucinations
b. poor judgment, impulsivity, and inappropriate jocularity
c. confabulation, irritability and suspiciousness, and prosopagnosia
d. dysgraphia, depression and apathy, and denial of his or her problems -
\a.
According to the path-goal theory of leadership, a primary task of a leader is to help
subordinates find the best path for attaining goals. In terms of leadership style, this
theory proposes that:
a. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends
on certain characteristics of the task and the subordinates.
, b. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends
on the leader's experience, personality, and so on.
c. the best style is a participative one that allows employees to help set their own goals.
d. the best style is an achievement-oriented one that focuses on enhancing the skills
and knowledge of subordinates so that they are better able to achieve their goals. -
\a.
Research on mnemonic devices suggests that they are:
a. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of both short-and long-term retention.
b. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of both short-and long-term
retention.
c. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of short-term but not long-term retention.
d. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of short-term but not long-term
retention. -
\c.
In the assessment of cognitive abilities with a standardized test, you would "test the
limits":
a. before administering the test.
b. before administering each subtest.
c. after administering the test.
d. whenever it seems appropriate to do so. -
\c.
A worker whose job consists primarily of handling customer complaints will be happier if
he s/he blames the customer's problems on:
a. external, stable, and global factors.
b. internal, stable, and specific factors.
c. external, unstable, and global factors.
d. external, unstable, and specific factors. -
\d.
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. -
\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. -
\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. -
\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. -
\b.
When a program to reduce aggression in children is based on the work of Patterson and
his colleagues, it will include which of the following?
a. providing the child with opportunities for catharsis
b. training parents in child management skills
c. increasing the child's perspective-taking skills
d. individual insight-oriented therapy for each parent -
\b.
Which of the following is true about the retrograde amnesia that occurs as the result of a
moderate to severe head injury?
a. it is limited to recent long-term memories
b. it is limited to remote long-term memories
c. when it begins to resolve, the most recent memories return first
d. when it begins to resolve, the most remote memories return first -
\d.
Research comparing heterogeneous to homogeneous work groups has found that
heterogeneous groups:
, a. are more creative and better at decision-making.
b. are more creative but less productive overall.
c. make better decisions but are less productive overall.
d. are more creative but worse at decision-making. -
\a.
You are conducting a study to investigate the phenomenon known as "blocking."
Consequently, you will:
a. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the US
prior to the CS.
b. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the CS
prior to a sec and US.
c. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present the
original CS simultaneously with a second CS prior to the US.
d. first present the CS prior to the US; then, once the CR is established, present a
second CS prior to the original CS. -
\c.
When using the Halstead-Reitan, an examinee's performance on seven measures (e.g.,
the Category Test, the Seashore Rhythm Test, and the Finger Oscillation Test) is used
to derive a or an:
a. Impairment Index, which can be used to determine if an examinee has brain damage.
b. Impairment Index, which can be used to determine if an examinee is suffering from a
functional disorder.
c. Pathology Profile, which allows the examiner to compare the examinee's score profile
to those of people with and without brain damage.
d. Pathology Profile, which helps the examiner determine the appropriate DSM-IV
diagnosis. -
\a.
After playing the role of a child abuser in a feature film, a well-known and formerly well-
liked actor begins receiving a lot of "hate mail." The writers of these letters are
exhibiting:
a. psychological reactance.
b. the fundamental attribution error.
c. the availability bias.
d. defensive attribution. -
\b.
Dr. Dither is hired by the court to conduct an evaluation of a family as part of a child
protection matter. Based on Dr. Dither's evaluation and other evidence, the court
determines that the child can remain at home with his family who will be provided with
supervision and counseling. Six months after the case is heard in court, Dr. Dither is
contacted by the mother who says she would like to begin therapy with him for issues
unrelated to the child protection matter. According to APA's Guidelines for Psychological
Evaluations in Child Protection Matters, Dr. Dither should:
