EPPP PSYCHOLOGY LICENSING EXAM 2024-2025
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
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.: 1. Irritability, fatigue, and
headaches. (correct answer, your response)
ETHICAL/LEGAL/PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
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.: 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)
GROWTH AND LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
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.: 1. It's okay to change the rules if we all
agree. (correct answer)
,RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS
Meta-analysis involves:
1. combining the results of different studies into an effect size while assign- ing
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.: 4. combining the results of
studies into an effect size. (correct answer)
SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
Which of the following is true regarding the influence of members of a group who
hold minority views?
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.: 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
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 depres- sion.:
3. See him until the crisis subsides. (correct answer, your response)
TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
According to the "Big 5" model, the five basic personality traits are:
,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, submis-
sive/dominant, practical/imaginative, self-assured/apprehensive.
4. social, conventional, artistic, enterprising, investigative.: 1. neuroticism,
conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion, openness to experience. (correct
answer, your response)
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
When in a state of relaxed wakefulness, which brain waves predominate?
1. Alpha.
2. Beta.
3. Theta.
4. Delta.: 1. Alpha. (correct answer)
TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
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.
4. Ask the group how the disagreement should be handled.: 3. Discuss it openly in
the group. (correct answer, your response)
RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS
researcher may opt to run a MANOVA rather than an ANOVA because:
1. a MANOVA can accommodate more than one outcome measure.
2. a MANOVA can accommodate more than one independent variable.
3. a MANOVA is more powerful than an ANOVA.
4. a MANOVA can remove the effects of a confound.: 1. a MANOVA can
accommodate more than one outcome measure. (correct answer)
COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE BASES OF BEHAVIOR
, Of the following, which describes the type of memory that can retain an exact
copy of what is seen for a second?
1. Sensory memory.
2. Eidetic (photographic) memory.
3. Echoic memory.
4. Short-term memory.: • 1. Sensory memory. (correct answer)
GROWTH AND LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
On which of the following WAIS-III subtests would you expect an elderly person to
evidence the most decline?
1. Arithmetic.
2. Vocabulary.
3. Letter-Number Sequencing.
4. Digit Span.: 3. Letter-Number Sequencing. (correct answer, your response)
TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
Which of the following statements about interpersonal therapy (IPT) for
depression is inaccurate?
1. Its goal is to improve relationships.
2. It is commonly combined with medication.
3. It is practiced on a short-term basis.
4. It emphasizes current conflicts and intrapsychic issues.: 4. It emphasizes current
conflicts and intrapsychic issues. (correct answer)
SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
person who believes that people who are white are superior to blacks is in which
stage of Helms's model of white racial identity development?
1. Reintegration.
2. Immersion.
3. Pseudo-independence.
4. Disintegration.: 1. Reintegration. (correct answer)
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
When would the administration of Ritalin to a child with ADHD be con-
traindicated?
1. If tics are present.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
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.: 1. Irritability, fatigue, and
headaches. (correct answer, your response)
ETHICAL/LEGAL/PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
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.: 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)
GROWTH AND LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
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.: 1. It's okay to change the rules if we all
agree. (correct answer)
,RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS
Meta-analysis involves:
1. combining the results of different studies into an effect size while assign- ing
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.: 4. combining the results of
studies into an effect size. (correct answer)
SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
Which of the following is true regarding the influence of members of a group who
hold minority views?
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.: 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
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 depres- sion.:
3. See him until the crisis subsides. (correct answer, your response)
TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
According to the "Big 5" model, the five basic personality traits are:
,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, submis-
sive/dominant, practical/imaginative, self-assured/apprehensive.
4. social, conventional, artistic, enterprising, investigative.: 1. neuroticism,
conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion, openness to experience. (correct
answer, your response)
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
When in a state of relaxed wakefulness, which brain waves predominate?
1. Alpha.
2. Beta.
3. Theta.
4. Delta.: 1. Alpha. (correct answer)
TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
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.
4. Ask the group how the disagreement should be handled.: 3. Discuss it openly in
the group. (correct answer, your response)
RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS
researcher may opt to run a MANOVA rather than an ANOVA because:
1. a MANOVA can accommodate more than one outcome measure.
2. a MANOVA can accommodate more than one independent variable.
3. a MANOVA is more powerful than an ANOVA.
4. a MANOVA can remove the effects of a confound.: 1. a MANOVA can
accommodate more than one outcome measure. (correct answer)
COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE BASES OF BEHAVIOR
, Of the following, which describes the type of memory that can retain an exact
copy of what is seen for a second?
1. Sensory memory.
2. Eidetic (photographic) memory.
3. Echoic memory.
4. Short-term memory.: • 1. Sensory memory. (correct answer)
GROWTH AND LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT
On which of the following WAIS-III subtests would you expect an elderly person to
evidence the most decline?
1. Arithmetic.
2. Vocabulary.
3. Letter-Number Sequencing.
4. Digit Span.: 3. Letter-Number Sequencing. (correct answer, your response)
TREATMENT, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
Which of the following statements about interpersonal therapy (IPT) for
depression is inaccurate?
1. Its goal is to improve relationships.
2. It is commonly combined with medication.
3. It is practiced on a short-term basis.
4. It emphasizes current conflicts and intrapsychic issues.: 4. It emphasizes current
conflicts and intrapsychic issues. (correct answer)
SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
person who believes that people who are white are superior to blacks is in which
stage of Helms's model of white racial identity development?
1. Reintegration.
2. Immersion.
3. Pseudo-independence.
4. Disintegration.: 1. Reintegration. (correct answer)
BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
When would the administration of Ritalin to a child with ADHD be con-
traindicated?
1. If tics are present.
