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BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
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
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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
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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.
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• 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.
• 4. a MANOVA can remove the effects of a confound. - Answer✔1. a MANOVA can
accommodate more than one outcome measure. (correct answer)
COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE BASES OF BEHAVIOR
11. Of the following, which describes the type of memory that can retain an exact copy of what
is seen for a second?
• 1. Sensory memory.
• 2. Eidetic (photographic) memory.
• 3. Echoic memory.
• 4. Short-term memory. - Answer✔• 1. Sensory memory. (correct answer)
GROWTH AND LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
12. On which of the following WAIS-III subtests would you expect an elderly person to evidence
the most decline?
• 1. Arithmetic.
• 2. Vocabulary.
• 3. Letter-Number Sequencing.
• 4. Digit Span. - Answer✔3. Letter-Number Sequencing. (correct answer, your response)
TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
13. Which of the following statements about interpersonal therapy (IPT) for depression is
inaccurate?
• 1. Its goal is to improve relationships.
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EPPP Psychology Licensing Exam (5 of 5)
Questions And Answers |Latest 2025 |
Guaranteed Pass.
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
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
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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
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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.
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• 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.
• 4. a MANOVA can remove the effects of a confound. - Answer✔1. a MANOVA can
accommodate more than one outcome measure. (correct answer)
COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE BASES OF BEHAVIOR
11. Of the following, which describes the type of memory that can retain an exact copy of what
is seen for a second?
• 1. Sensory memory.
• 2. Eidetic (photographic) memory.
• 3. Echoic memory.
• 4. Short-term memory. - Answer✔• 1. Sensory memory. (correct answer)
GROWTH AND LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
12. On which of the following WAIS-III subtests would you expect an elderly person to evidence
the most decline?
• 1. Arithmetic.
• 2. Vocabulary.
• 3. Letter-Number Sequencing.
• 4. Digit Span. - Answer✔3. Letter-Number Sequencing. (correct answer, your response)
TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
13. Which of the following statements about interpersonal therapy (IPT) for depression is
inaccurate?
• 1. Its goal is to improve relationships.
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