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EPPP PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITHCORRECT 100% ANSWERS 2024
As defined in the DSM-5, the essential feature of Delirium is:
a) impaired ability to transfer information from short- to long-term memory
b) a disturbance in attention and awareness
c) a disturbance in psychomotor behavior
d) disorientation - correct answerb) a disturbance in attention and awareness
The concept of triangulation is central to general systems theory and can be found in
the work of Bowen, Minuchin, Satir, and others. Although these theorists differ
somewhat in their definition of triangulation, in general, it is said to be occurring when:
a) to reduce tension between them, a two-person system draws in a third party
b) to reduce tension between them, the members of a two-person system focus their
attention to a third party
c) to avoid dealing with the conflict between them, a two-person system forms an
alliance against a third person
d) to reduce conflict, two members of a three-person system assume a submissive role
when interacting with the third dominant member - correct answera) to reduce tension
between them, a two-person system draws in a third party
A researcher investigating implicit memory will most likely use which of the following
tasks?
a) free recall
b) paired-associate
c) word-stem completion
d) verbal recognition - correct answerc) word-stem completionW
Which of the following neurotransmitters has been implicated in both long-term
potentiation and the "excitotoxicity" that is believed to underlie several
neurodegenerative disorder?
a) serotonin
b) acetylcholine
c) norepinephrine
d) glutamate - correct answerd) glutamate
A researcher conducts a study to compare three different strategies for increasing
students' understanding of statistics. After administering each strategy to a different
group of students, she realizes that students with the highest level of math aptitude
were accidentally assigned to Strategy #1. Consequently, to compare the statistics
knowledge test scores obtained by participants in the three groups, the researcher
should use which of the following statistical techniques?
a) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
b) randomized block ANOVA
c) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)
,split-plot ANOVA - correct answera) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
Regarding self-assessments that are utilized to promote organizational development,
what is key when implementing the findings?
a) stakeholders of the organization are included in the discovery process
b) lower level management of the organization is included in the discovery process
c) only the CEO and executive officers should be included in the discovery process
d) only management should be included in the discovery process - correct answera)
stakeholders of the organization are included in the discovery process
Scores on a predictor that will be used to estimate job performance rating range from 0
to 200. If the predictor's cutoff score is raised from 130 to 150, this will have which of the
following effects?
a) increase the number of true positives
b) increase the number of true positives and true negatives
c) decrease the number of false positives
d) decrease the number of false positives and false negatives - correct answerc)
decrease the number of false positives
You are asked by the court to evaluate a 70-year old woman to help determine her
competence. She is apparently disoriented and confused and has substantial memory
loss. You have recently taken a weekend workshop on the use of a new computerized
assessment technique for people with symptoms like those exhibited by this woman,
and you feel this method of assessment would be especially valid in this situation.
Further, you had taken the workshop specifically because you want to expand your
practice by being qualified to conduct competency-related evaluations for the court.
Your best course of action would be to:
a) use the program to assess the woman
b) use the program to assess the woman but, when testifying in court, discuss the
potential limitations of your conclusions
c) use the program to assess the woman but confirm your conclusions before testifying
by consulting with the developer of the assessment technique
d) - correct answerd) refer the woman to someone who is more familiar with this type of
evaluation
The assessment of clients with Alzheimer's disease is an ongoing process due to the
degenerative nature of the disease and the consequent need to alter the nature of the
treatment plan. During the 4th or 5th years of the disorder, an assessment is most likely
to find which of the following?
a) deficits in new learning with remote memory mildly to moderately impaired; anomia;
sadness
b) severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent aphasia; indifference or
irritability; restlessness
c) severe impairments in memory and executive functioning; motor rigidity; confusion
and delusions
, d) severely disturbed intellectual functioning; limb rigidity and flexion posture; apathy;
seizures - correct answerb) severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent
aphasia; indifference or irritability; restlessness
A transactional leader is LEAST likely to agree with which of the following statements:
a) employee behavior is goal directed and employees will act rationally to achieve their
goals
b) contingent rewards are effective for motivating good performance
c) the best idea for a boss is to adopt a laissez-faire leadership style
d) each employee will function best if he/she is viewed as an individual and is given
personal attention - correct answerd) each employee will function best if he/she is
viewed as an individual and is given personal attention
A researcher wants to investigate the effects of a brief treatment for a group of 10
therapy clients before and after the treatment is applied. She will measure symptom
severity three times at regular intervals before administering the treatment to the clients
and then three times at regular intervals after the clients complete the 10 sessions. The
researcher is using which of the following research designs?
a) multiple baseline
b) ABAB
c) interrupted time-series design
d) nonequivalent control group - correct answerc) interrupted time-series design
Work by Perry and colleagues suggests that highly aggressive children:
a) were exposed prenatally to high levels of androgens
b) are less sensitive to physical discomfort than less aggressive children
c) exhibited a disoriented/disengaged attachment pattern as a young child
d) show little remorse after hurting another child - correct answerd) show little remorse
after hurting another child
A young girl volunteers to clean her room and do other chores around the house
because she wants her mother's approval and affection. According to Kohlberg, this
child is in which of the following stages of moral development?
a) instrumental
b) conventional
c) postconventional
d) preconventional - correct answerb) conventional
According to Sherif's social judgment theory, a person's "latitude of acceptance" is
greatest when:
a) the person has high ego-involvement with the target issue
b) the person has low ego-involvement with the target issue
c) the person has high enjoyment of critical thinking
d) the person has low enjoyment of critical thinking - correct answerb) the person has
low ego-involvement with the target issue
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