EPPP Practice tes Questions with Detailed Verified
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The Taylor-Russell tables will indicate that a new selection test
is most likely to be helpful in choosing job applicants who will
be satisfactory employees when:
a) the proportion of current employees who are considered
satisfactory is less than 25%
b) there are only a few job openings and many applicants for
the job
c) the majority of applicants have job skills in the moderate
(average) range
d) the test has adequate "differential validity"
✓✓ b) there are only a few job openings and many applicants
for the job
when using the analysis of variance, calculation of the F-ration
involves:
a) comparing group means directly to each other
b) comparing each group mean to a total mean
c) comparing true (experimental) variability to error variability
d) comparing between-group variability to within-group
variability
✓✓ d) comparing between-group variability to within-group
variability
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Aaron Beck's interactions with therapy clients is best described
as:
a) confrontative
b) consensual
c) covert
d) collaborative
✓✓ d) collaborative
When conducting group therapy, you should remind group
members:
a) that they are legally bound to maintain confidentiality
b) that, since they are not legally bound to maintain
confidentiality, they should not expect other members to do so
c) that, as members of a therapy group, they are ethically
required to maintain confidentiality
d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of
statements made during group sessions
✓✓ d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of
statements made during group sessions
A husband consistently says loving things to his wife when she
talks about sports but ignores her whenever she complains
about her job. The husband's behavior is most similar to which
of the following techniques?
a) overcorrection
b) chaining
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c) Premack Principle
d) differential reinforcement
✓✓ d) differential reinforcement
A new client of yours, who is homosexual, tells you that he
overheard his previous therapist make derogatory remarks
about his sexual orientation to a co-worker. Your best course of
action would be to:
a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the
psychologist with the Ethics Committee
b) file a complaint against the psychologist with the Ethics
Committee yourself
c) call the psychologist and tell him that your client overheard
his remarks
d) provide the client with support and remind him that there
are many prejudiced people in the world
✓✓ a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the
psychologist with the Ethics Committee
A college student receives a high score on the realistic scale of
Holland's Self-Directed Search but a low score on all other
scales. This is an example of which of the following?
a) congruence
b) vocational identity
c) differentiation
d) individuation
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✓✓ c) differentiation
Recent research suggests that higher rates of Schizophrenia
among African-Americans is most likely attributable to:
a) heredity
b) family dynamics
c) socioeconomic factors
d) misdiagnosis of hallucinations and delusions
✓✓ d) misdiagnosis of hallucinations and delusions
The unavailability of preventive health services in minority
communities, a lack of quality health care in close proximity to
these communities, and the delivery of substandard health care
services to members of these communities is best attributes to
which of the following?
a) subtle racism
b) institutional racism
c) personally mediated reacism
d) internalized racism
✓✓ b) institutional racism
Zajonc's confluence model predicts that children's intellectual
growth can be either enhanced or hindered by their immediate
family circumstances. Specifically, Zajonc considers
_____________ to be a critical factor in intellectual
development.