Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology EPPP Practice Test 2 (200 Questions with 100% Correct Answers)
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1. A high LPC leader
a. Treats his least favorite worker well
b. Treats his least favorite worker poorly
c. Treats his favorite worker like his least favorite worker
d. Has an ambivalent style toward his workers.ī Correct Answer: 1. A-- Fiedler's Contingency Theory proposed that in terms ...
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Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology EPPP Practice
Test 2 (200 Questions with 100% Correct Answers)
1. A high LPC leader
a. Treats his least favorite worker well
b. Treats his least favorite worker poorly
c. Treats his favorite worker like his least favorite worker
d. Has an ambivalent style toward his workers.ī Correct Answer: 1. A-- Fiedler's Contingency Theory
proposed that in terms of a leader's style and the favorableness of a situation, the latter was determined
by the degree to which the leader could control and influence their subordinate. Fiedler described a
leader's style by his or her scores on his Least Preferred Coworker Scale. A high LPC leader describes
their least preferred coworker in positive terms and these leaders are primarily relationship oriented.
Note that the question talks about how a leader "treats" their worker rather than how they "describe"
the worker.. While these are not exactly the same concepts, the EPPP will take these type of liberties so
this is an example of choosing an answer that is in the "ballpark".
2. From Wolpe's classical conditioning perspective, neurotic depression:
a. is a conditioned response that can be alleviated through extinction trials in which the neutral
(conditioned) stimulus is
repeatedly presented without the depression-inducing (unconditioned) stimulus.
b. is a response to anxiety and can, therefore, be alleviated by using systematic desensitization to
eliminate the anxiety.
c. is due to attributional biases that, through conditioning, have become associated with certain types
of events and can be
eliminated through reattribution training.
d. results when there is an absence of response contingent reinforcement and is best treated by
counterconditioning in which
depression is paired with a variety of pleasure-producing (unconditioned) stimuli. Correct Answer: 2. B--
Even if you are unfamiliar with Wolpe's explanation of depression, you may have been able to pick the
right answer to this question as long as you have him associated with systematic desensitization. Wolpe
distinguished between several types of depression. He linked neurotic depression to anxiety and
considered systematic desensitization to be an effective treatment.
3. You receive a letter from the current therapist of a former client. The therapist wants you to forward
a copy of the client's records, and she encloses a signed release from the client. The client still owes you
for ten therapy sessions, and you notify the client that you will not release the records until a
satisfactory payment arrangement has been made. According to the Ethics Code, this
a. is clearly unethical.
b. may be acceptable if the client's records are not "imminently needed."
c. may be acceptable if you had informed the client of your policy when he began treatment.
d. may be acceptable if you previously attempted to collect the fees and the client was uncooperative.
Correct Answer: 3. B-- This issue is covered by Standard 6.03 of the Ethics Code, which states that
"Psychologists may not withhold records under their control that are requested and needed for a
client's/patient's emergency treatment solely because payment has not been received."
4. To reduce their liability risk, managed care organizations are most likely to do which of the following?
a. insure their providers are credentialed
, b. reduce the amount of time between date of claim submission and approval of claim
c. utilization review
d. pay their providers a reasonable reimbursement rate Correct Answer: 4. A-- Managed care
organizations typically require all their providers to be credentialed. This helps to insure that their
providers are competent and, consequently, reduces their risk of liability. Utilization Review (C) is a cost
containment procedure involving an evaluation of patients' use of services to identify any unnecessary
or inappropriate use of health care resources.
5. A professional working in the field of psychophysics would be most interested in:
a. the all-or-none principle.
b. just noticeable differences.
c. functional brain imaging.
d. long-term potentiation. Correct Answer: 5. B-- Psychophysics is the study of the relationship
between the magnitude of a physical stimulus and the internal sensation associated with that
magnitude. One method for studying this relationship is to determine just noticeable differences, or the
amount of change in physical stimulus magnitude that is needed to notice the change.
6. According to Ellen Berscheid's Emotion-in-Relationships Model partners in long-term relationships are
most likely to:
a. underestimate their emotional investment in the relationship when things are running smoothly
b. overestimate their emotional investment in the relationship when things are running smoothly
c. experience the most intense positive emotions after several years into the relationship
d. focus on attributions which are external to their partners and themselves to understand their
relationship Correct Answer: 6. A-- Ellen Berscheid's Emotion-in-Relationships Model proposes that
positive and negative emotions are most likely to occur in a relationship when the partner's behavior
interrupts the individual's typical on-going behaviors. Thus, when things are running smoothly, there are
fewer interruptions and less intense emotions. Although the partners are highly interdependent during
this period, they are also more likely to underestimate their emotional investment. Choice C reflects the
opposite of Berscheid's model because there are more surprises or interruptions to the status quo in the
early stage of a relationship -- which results in the most positive (and negative) emotions. Choice D is
incorrect because Berscheid suggests that partners (and researchers) tend to underestimate the
importance of external situational factors in a relationship (E. Berscheid, Interpersonal relationships. In
L. W. Porter & M. R. Rosenzweig (Eds.), Annual review of psychology, 1994, (pp. 79-129). Palo Alto, CA:
Annual Reviews).
7. You are commuting to work early in the morning at 15 mph over the speed limit. You glance in your
rearview mirror and notice blue flashing lights. You slow down and pull over. According to French and
Raven's ideas about social power, which type of power are you attributing to the policemen?
a. legitimate
b. reward
c. informational
d. referent Correct Answer: 7. A-- According to French and Raven (1959), in the case of legitimate
authority, the target believes the influencing agent has legitimate authority. With reward power
(response B), the influencing agent has control over valued rewards and resources. And, what you are
about to receive from the policeman will not be a reward. With informational power (response C), the
influencing agent possesses specific information needed by the target person, and with referent power
(response D), the target identifies with or likes the influencing agent.
,8. Recently the relationship between Frank and one of his adult sons has become increasingly tense,
conflicted and distant. Frank considers himself a loving and supportive father. He dismisses the problem
as a temporary "phase" to avoid the situation. Frank's attempt to explain away the problem, according
to Whitbourne's self-concept model, is an attempt to maintain his own self-concept through:
a. identity assimilation
b. identity accommodation
c. identity styles
d. rationalization Correct Answer: 8. A-- Identity process theory proposes that adjustment to aging can
be conceptualized as involving the three processes of identity assimilation (maintaining self-
consistency), identity accommodation (making changes in the self), and identity balance (maintaining a
sense of self but changing when necessary). Despite the changes in the relationship with his son, Frank
continues to think of himself as having a loving relationship in order to maintain his consistent sense of
self. Research indicates only identity balance is positively related to internal state awareness, suggesting
that the ability to incorporate age-related changes within an identity and at the same time maintain a
consistent and positive view of the self is most conducive to successful aging. (See: Sneed, J.R. &
Whitbourne, S.K. (2003). Identity Processing and Self-Consciousness in Middle and Later Adulthood. The
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 58, 313-319.)
9. A factorial design, unlike a two group design:
a. allows more independent variables to be studied
b. requires a larger sample
c. shows the effect of an independent variable on the dependent variable
d. cannot detect a curvilinear relationship between variables Correct Answer: 9. A-- In a two group
design, one group is exposed to a treatment and another, control group, is not exposed or gets a
different treatment. The results of both groups are tested in order to compare the effects of treatment.
A factorial design is a design with more than one independent variable. In this design, the independent
variables are simultaneously investigated to determine the independent and interactive influence they
have on the dependent variable. The effect of each independent variable on the dependent variable (c.)
is called a main effect and in a factorial design there are as many main effects as there are independent
variables. An interaction effect between two or more independent variables occurs when the effect that
one independent variable has on the dependent variable depends on the level of the other independent
variable. At least three levels must be used to predict a curvilinear relationship (d.).
10. A psychologist is hired as a consultant by an agency which works with homosexual men whose
behavior places them at very high risk for the HIV virus. The psychologist is asked to work with groups of
the agency's clients, with the goal of decreasing high-risk activity in this population. Assuming the
psychologist is familiar with the research in this area, she is most likely to take which of the following
approaches?
a. attempting to engender a group norm of disapproval for high-risk activity
b. providing knowledge to the group about AIDS
c. threatening the group with punishment if they don't change their behavior
d. taking a laissez-faire approach and letting the group learn on its own how dangerous its behavior is
Correct Answer: 10. B-- Studies show that, among individuals who are at high-risk for the AIDS virus,
knowledge about AIDS is a better predictor of less risk-taking behavior than perceived peer norms. Thus,
choice B is the best answer. By contrast, among low-risk groups, perceived peer norms are a better
predictor. So if this question was about the best strategy for low-risk groups, choice A would have been
a better answer.
, 11. Individuals who recall memories under hypnosis, compared to non-hypnotized individuals,
a. have more confidence in their memories and are more likely to recall events accurately.
b. have more confidence in their memories but are less likely to recall events accurately.
c. have less confidence in their memories and are less likely to recall events accurately.
d. have less confidence in their memories but are more likely to recall events accurately. Correct
Answer: 11. B-- Research shows that memories retrieved under hypnosis tend to be less accurate than
other memories. Nonetheless, individuals who recall information while under hypnosis have greater
confidence in their memories as compared to controls. In some research studies, hypnotized subjects
were reluctant to admit that their memories were inaccurate even when confronted with clear evidence
demonstrating this to be the case.
12. A client suspects that she may have been sexually abused as a child, although she has no conscious
recollection of the abuse. She asks her psychologist to use hypnosis to help her retrieve any repressed
memories she may have of any abuse. The psychologist should:
a. agree to use hypnosis only if he or she has obtained adequate training and experience in it's use.
b. agree to use hypnosis but take detailed notes in the event of future legal action and avoid asking the
client any leading
questions.
c. advise against the use hypnosis, but recommend the use of guided imagery, which may be more
admissible in court.
d. advise the patient that hypnosis may produce false recollections of abuse and is therefore
inappropriate. Correct Answer: 12. D-- In a report titled "Final Conclusions of the American
Psychological Association Working Group on Investigation of Memories of Childhood Abuse"
[Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2000, 4 (4), 933-940] the authors acknowledge that "it is possible
for memories of abuse that have been forgotten for a long time to be remembered." However, they
recommend that "clients who seek hypnosis as a means of retrieving or confirming their recollections
should be advised that it is not an appropriate procedure for this goal because of the serious risk that
pseudomemories may be created in trance states and of the related risk due to increased confidence in
those memories. Clients should also be informed that the use of hypnosis could jeopardize any future
legal actions they might want to take."
13. Recent studies investigating ethnicity and psychotropic medication dosage have found:
a. Therapeutic and side effect differences are not related to race/ethnicity
b. Caucasians and Asians experience the same severity of side effects from the same dose, although
Caucasians require lower
doses to obtain the same therapeutic effects.
c. Caucasians experience more severe side effects from the same dose than Asians and require lower
doses to obtain the same
therapeutic effects
d. Asians experience more severe side effects from the same dose and require lower doses to obtain
the same therapeutic
effects Correct Answer: 13. D-- Research indicates individuals respond differently to psychotropic
medications based on their ethnic background or biological and environmental differences in ethnicity.
In particular, evidence suggests Asian patients, as a group, metabolize medications like psychotropics
more slowly than Caucasian patients and therefore are more sensitive to the therapeutic and side
effects. Based on these findings, researchers recommend the starting dosage level for Asian patients be
lower than the standard dosage for Caucasian patients. (See: Lin, K. M. & Cheung, F. (1999) Mental
health issues for Asian Americans, Psychiatric Services, 50(6), 774-780. and Lin, K.M.. & Smith, M.W.
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