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EPPP PSYCHOLOGY LICENSING EXAM ACCURATE
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SURE 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)
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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?
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• 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:
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• 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.
EPPP PSYCHOLOGY LICENSING EXAM ACCURATE
AND FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS|| LATEST AND COMPLETE
UPDATE WITH EXPERT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS||
SURE 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)
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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?
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• 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:
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• 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.
