EPPP Exam 2 Practice Questions With
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Terms in this set (200)
Treats his least favorite worker well.
Fiedler's Contingency Theory proposed that in terms of a leader's style and
A high LPC leader: the favorableness of a situation, the
a. Treats his least favorite latter was determined by the degree to which the leader could control and
worker well influence their subordinate. Fiedler
b. Treats his least favorite described a leader's style by his or her scores on his Least Preferred
worker poorly Coworker Scale. A high LPC leader describes
c. Treats his favorite worker like his their least preferred coworker in positive terms and these leaders are
least favorite worker primarily relationship oriented. Note that the question talks about how a
d. Has an ambivalent style leader "treats" their worker
toward his workers. 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".
,From Wolpe's classical Is a response to anxiety and can, therefore, be alleviated by using systematic
conditioning perspective, desensitization to eliminate the anxiety.
neurotic depression:
a. is a conditioned response that Even if you are unfamiliar with Wolpe's explanation of depression, you may
can be alleviated have been able to pick the right
through extinction trials in which answer to this question as long as you have him associated with systematic
the neutral (conditioned) desensitization. Wolpe distinguished between several types of depression.
stimulus is repeatedly He linked neurotic
presented depression to anxiety and considered systematic desensitization to be an
without the depression- effective treatment.
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.
,You receive a letter from the current May be acceptable if the client's records are not "imminently needed."
therapist of a former client. The
therapist wants you to forward a copy This issue is covered by Standard 6.03 of the Ethics Code, which states that
of the client's records, and she "Psychologists may not withhold records under their control that are
encloses a signed release requested and needed for a
from the client. The client still owes client's/patient's emergency treatment solely because payment has
you for ten therapy sessions, and not been received."
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.
To reduce their liability risk, Ensure their providers are credentialed.
managed care organizations are
most likely to do which of the Managed care organizations typically require all their
following? providers to be credentialed. This helps to insure that their providers are
a. ensure their providers are competent and, consequently, reduces their risk of liability. Utilization
credentialed Review (C) is a cost containment procedure involving an evaluation of
b. reduce the amount of time patients' use of
between date of claim submission services to identify any unnecessary or inappropriate use of health care
and approval of claim resources.
c. utilization review
d. pay their providers a
reasonable reimbursement rate
, Just noticeable differences.
A professional working in the field of
psychophysics would be most
Psychophysics is the study of the relationship between the magnitude of a
interested in:
physical stimulus and the internal sensation associated with that magnitude.
a. the all-or-none principle.
One method for studying this relationship is to determine just noticeable
b. just noticeable differences.
differences, or the amount of change in physical stimulus magnitude
c. functional brain imaging.
that is needed to notice the change.
d. long-term potentiation.
According to Ellen Underestimate their emotional investment in the relationship when things
Berscheid's Emotion-in- are running smoothly.
Relationships Model partners in long-
term relationships Ellen Berscheid's Emotion-in-Relationships Model
are most likely to: proposes that positive and negative emotions are most likely to occur in a
a. underestimate their relationship when the partner's behavior interrupts the individual's typical on-
emotional investment in the going behaviors. Thus, when things are running smoothly, there are fewer
relationship when things are interruptions and less intense emotions. Although the
running smoothly partners are highly interdependent during this period, they are also more
b. overestimate their likely to underestimate their emotional investment. Choice C reflects the
emotional investment in the opposite of Berscheid's model because there are more surprises or
relationship when things are interruptions to the status quo in the early stage of a relationship -- which
running smoothly results in the most positive (and negative) emotions.
c. experience the most Choice D is incorrect because Berscheid suggests that partners (and
intense positive emotions after researchers) tend to underestimate the
several years into the relationship importance of external situational factors in a relationship (E. Berscheid,
d. focus on attributions which are Interpersonal relationships. In L. W. Porter &
external to their partners and M. R. Rosenzweig (Eds.), Annual review of psychology, 1994, (pp. 79-129).
themselves to Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews).
understand their relationship
Correct Answers New Update
Terms in this set (200)
Treats his least favorite worker well.
Fiedler's Contingency Theory proposed that in terms of a leader's style and
A high LPC leader: the favorableness of a situation, the
a. Treats his least favorite latter was determined by the degree to which the leader could control and
worker well influence their subordinate. Fiedler
b. Treats his least favorite described a leader's style by his or her scores on his Least Preferred
worker poorly Coworker Scale. A high LPC leader describes
c. Treats his favorite worker like his their least preferred coworker in positive terms and these leaders are
least favorite worker primarily relationship oriented. Note that the question talks about how a
d. Has an ambivalent style leader "treats" their worker
toward his workers. 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".
,From Wolpe's classical Is a response to anxiety and can, therefore, be alleviated by using systematic
conditioning perspective, desensitization to eliminate the anxiety.
neurotic depression:
a. is a conditioned response that Even if you are unfamiliar with Wolpe's explanation of depression, you may
can be alleviated have been able to pick the right
through extinction trials in which answer to this question as long as you have him associated with systematic
the neutral (conditioned) desensitization. Wolpe distinguished between several types of depression.
stimulus is repeatedly He linked neurotic
presented depression to anxiety and considered systematic desensitization to be an
without the depression- effective treatment.
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.
,You receive a letter from the current May be acceptable if the client's records are not "imminently needed."
therapist of a former client. The
therapist wants you to forward a copy This issue is covered by Standard 6.03 of the Ethics Code, which states that
of the client's records, and she "Psychologists may not withhold records under their control that are
encloses a signed release requested and needed for a
from the client. The client still owes client's/patient's emergency treatment solely because payment has
you for ten therapy sessions, and not been received."
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.
To reduce their liability risk, Ensure their providers are credentialed.
managed care organizations are
most likely to do which of the Managed care organizations typically require all their
following? providers to be credentialed. This helps to insure that their providers are
a. ensure their providers are competent and, consequently, reduces their risk of liability. Utilization
credentialed Review (C) is a cost containment procedure involving an evaluation of
b. reduce the amount of time patients' use of
between date of claim submission services to identify any unnecessary or inappropriate use of health care
and approval of claim resources.
c. utilization review
d. pay their providers a
reasonable reimbursement rate
, Just noticeable differences.
A professional working in the field of
psychophysics would be most
Psychophysics is the study of the relationship between the magnitude of a
interested in:
physical stimulus and the internal sensation associated with that magnitude.
a. the all-or-none principle.
One method for studying this relationship is to determine just noticeable
b. just noticeable differences.
differences, or the amount of change in physical stimulus magnitude
c. functional brain imaging.
that is needed to notice the change.
d. long-term potentiation.
According to Ellen Underestimate their emotional investment in the relationship when things
Berscheid's Emotion-in- are running smoothly.
Relationships Model partners in long-
term relationships Ellen Berscheid's Emotion-in-Relationships Model
are most likely to: proposes that positive and negative emotions are most likely to occur in a
a. underestimate their relationship when the partner's behavior interrupts the individual's typical on-
emotional investment in the going behaviors. Thus, when things are running smoothly, there are fewer
relationship when things are interruptions and less intense emotions. Although the
running smoothly partners are highly interdependent during this period, they are also more
b. overestimate their likely to underestimate their emotional investment. Choice C reflects the
emotional investment in the opposite of Berscheid's model because there are more surprises or
relationship when things are interruptions to the status quo in the early stage of a relationship -- which
running smoothly results in the most positive (and negative) emotions.
c. experience the most Choice D is incorrect because Berscheid suggests that partners (and
intense positive emotions after researchers) tend to underestimate the
several years into the relationship importance of external situational factors in a relationship (E. Berscheid,
d. focus on attributions which are Interpersonal relationships. In L. W. Porter &
external to their partners and M. R. Rosenzweig (Eds.), Annual review of psychology, 1994, (pp. 79-129).
themselves to Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews).
understand their relationship
