EPPP ASSESSMENT EXAM - CLINICAL
PSYCH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Helm's White Racial Identity Development Model - CDRPIA - Answer-Contact -
colorblind
Disintegration - conception is challenged, leading to guilt and shame.
Reintegration - Victimblaming
Pseudo-independence - progress, but look to people of color, not themselves, to
confront racism.
Immersion/emersion - person makes a genuine attempt to connect to his/her own White
identity and to be anti-racist.
Autonomy - internalized a positive (nonracist) White identity that includes appreciation
of and respect for racial/cultural similarities and differences.
Emic Vs Etic - Answer-Etic approach = "view from the outside"
Emic = view from the inside"
Margaret Mahler proposed that the development of a sense of self is related to -
Answer-Separation-individuation. Begins at about 4 to 5 months when a child being held
can lean away to scan the environment.
Smith, Glass, and Miller's (1980) meta-analysis of the psychotherapy outcome research
found that people receiving therapy are "better off" than about _____% of people who
need treatment but do not receive it. - Answer-80%
According to Howard et al.'s (1996) phase model, what is most affected during the first
few sessions of psychotherapy? - Answer-Feelings of Hopelessness - stage is
Remoralization
4 Stages of Cross's (2001) Black Racial Identity Development Model - PEII - Answer-
Pre-encounter - absorbed many beliefs and values of the dominant white culture
Encounter - acknowledge the impact of racism in one's life and the reality that one
cannot truly be white
Immersion-emersion - surround oneself with visible symbols of one's racial identity and
actively avoid symbols of whiteness
PSYCH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Helm's White Racial Identity Development Model - CDRPIA - Answer-Contact -
colorblind
Disintegration - conception is challenged, leading to guilt and shame.
Reintegration - Victimblaming
Pseudo-independence - progress, but look to people of color, not themselves, to
confront racism.
Immersion/emersion - person makes a genuine attempt to connect to his/her own White
identity and to be anti-racist.
Autonomy - internalized a positive (nonracist) White identity that includes appreciation
of and respect for racial/cultural similarities and differences.
Emic Vs Etic - Answer-Etic approach = "view from the outside"
Emic = view from the inside"
Margaret Mahler proposed that the development of a sense of self is related to -
Answer-Separation-individuation. Begins at about 4 to 5 months when a child being held
can lean away to scan the environment.
Smith, Glass, and Miller's (1980) meta-analysis of the psychotherapy outcome research
found that people receiving therapy are "better off" than about _____% of people who
need treatment but do not receive it. - Answer-80%
According to Howard et al.'s (1996) phase model, what is most affected during the first
few sessions of psychotherapy? - Answer-Feelings of Hopelessness - stage is
Remoralization
4 Stages of Cross's (2001) Black Racial Identity Development Model - PEII - Answer-
Pre-encounter - absorbed many beliefs and values of the dominant white culture
Encounter - acknowledge the impact of racism in one's life and the reality that one
cannot truly be white
Immersion-emersion - surround oneself with visible symbols of one's racial identity and
actively avoid symbols of whiteness
