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The DSM-5 diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) requires an
onset of symptoms before _____ years of age and a duration of symptoms for at least
_____ months.
A. 9; 3
B. 9; 6
C. 12; 6
D. 12; 9 - ANSWER-C
EPPP-F1-PPA-Neurodevelopmental Disorders-02 Answer C is correct. The DSM-5
diagnosis of ADHD requires the presence of characteristic symptoms in at least two
settings (e.g., at home and at school) with symptoms having an onset before 12 years
of age and a duration of at least six months.
Aronson and Mills (1959) found that college students who experienced a very
unpleasant initiation in order to be accepted into a group subsequently expressed more
liking for the group than did college students who did not experience the unpleasant
initiation. This result supports which of the following?
A. theory of planned behavior
B. elaboration likelihood model
C. social judgment theory
D. cognitive dissonance theory - ANSWER-D
EPPP-F1-SOC-Attitudes and Attitude Change-06 Answer D is correct. The results of the
E. Aronson and J. Mills study confirmed the prediction of cognitive dissonance theory
that subjects would justify the suffering they endured to be accepted into a group by
deciding that the group was worth the suffering [The effect of severity of initiation on
liking for a group, The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59(2), 17-181,
1959].
Which of the following is not one of the required conditions for a claim of malpractice?
A. professional relationship
B. direct or proximate causation
C. negligence
D. dereliction or breach of duty - ANSWER-C
EPPP-F1-ETH-Professional Issues-28 Answer C is correct. Four conditions are required
for a claim of malpractice: (a) The psychologist must have had a professional
,relationship with the client that established the psychologist's duty to conform to a
professional standard of care. (b) There was a dereliction or breach of the duty on the
part of the psychologist. (c) The client suffered injury or harm as a result of this
dereliction or breach. (d) The psychologist's dereliction or breach of duty was the direct
or proximate cause of the person's harm or injury. Negligence (answer C) is a possible
cause of a breach of duty (answer D) but it's not required for a claim of malpractice
because a breach of duty can be due other factors.
While developing a new test of job knowledge, a test developer administers the test
items to a sample of 50 recently hired employees. Based on the results, he eliminates a
few items and changes several other items to increase the test's reliability and validity.
When he readministers the test along with a measure of job performance to the same
sample, he obtains a criterion-related validity coefficient of .65. If he then administers
the test and measure of job performance to a different sample of 50 recently hired
employees, he's most likely to obtain a validity coefficient that is:
A. greater than .65.
B. less than .65.
C. greater or less than .65.
D. equal to .65. - ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-TES-Test Validity - Criterion-Related Validity-10 Answer B is correct. To
identify the correct answer to this question, you have to recognize that the test
developer cross-validated the test when she administered it to a new sample and know
that validity coefficients tend to be lower for the cross-validation sample than for the
original sample. This is referred to as "shrinkage," and it occurs because all the chance
factors that contributed to the correlation between the job knowledge test (predictor) and
measure of job performance (criterion) for the sample that was used to develop the test
are not likely to be present in the cross-validation sample.
Opioid-induced respiratory depression is due to the effects of opiates on receptors in
the:
A. substantia nigra.
B. medulla.
C. striatum.
D. thalamus. - ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-PHY-Brain Regions/Functions - Hindbrain, Midbrain, and Subcortical
Forebrain Structures-03 Answer B is correct. The medulla controls respiration and other
vital autonomic functions. Opioids and opioid agonists produce respiratory depression
by reducing the responsiveness of the medulla's respiratory center to carbon dioxide.
The risk for developing agranulocytosis, a potentially fatal blood disorder, is greatest for
which of the following antipsychotic drugs?
A. chlorpromazine
B. fluphenazine
C. risperidone
,D. clozapine - ANSWER-D
EPPP-F1-PHY-Psychopharmacology - Antipsychotics and Antidepressants-22 Answer
D is correct. Agranulocytosis is a potential side effect of several antipsychotics but most
often occurs with clozapine use. See, e.g., W. Austin and M. A. Boyd, Psychiatric and
mental health nursing for Canadian practice (2nd ed.), Philadelphia, Wolters
Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
Which of the following is most useful for identifying the behavioral anchors that are
incorporated into behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS)?
A. needs analysis
B. organizational analysis
C. paired comparison technique
D. critical incident technique - ANSWER-D
EPPP-F1-ORG-Job Analysis and Performance Assessment-03 Answer D is correct.
Knowing that behavioral anchors are descriptions of specific job behaviors that
represent good, average, and poor performance would have helped you identify the
critical incident technique as being most useful for developing BARS. Note that, while
the critical incident technique is ordinarily used to identify extreme behaviors (i.e., very
successful and very unsuccessful behaviors), the terms "critical incident" and "critical
incident technique" are sometimes used more generally to refer to descriptions of
specific job-related behaviors.
When a predictor included in a multiple regression equation has a negative beta weight,
this means that:
A. The predictor has a negative correlation with the other predictors.
B. The predictor has a negative correlation with the criterion.
C. The predictor has a statistically significant relationship with the criterion.
D. The predictor does not have a statistically significant relationship with the criterion. -
ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-RMS-Correlation and Regression-07 Answer B is correct. Beta weights are
standardized regression coefficients, and a predictor's beta weight indicates the
strength of the relationship between the predictor and the criterion. When a predictor's
beta weight is positive, this means there's a positive relationship between the predictor
and criterion (i.e., as scores on the predictor increase, scores on the criterion increase).
Conversely, when the beta weight is negative, this means there's a negative relationship
between the predictor and criterion (i.e., as scores on the predictor increase, scores on
the criterion decrease).
A utility analysis of an employee selection program will provide information on which of
the following?
A. the criterion-related validity of a new selection technique
B. the risk for adverse impact when using a new selection technique
C. the monetary costs and benefits of using a new selection technique
, D. the reactions of job applicants to a new selection technique - ANSWER-C
EPPP-F1-ORG-Employee Selection - Evaluation of Techniques-07 Answer C is correct.
Utility analysis is used to obtain information on the monetary value (return on
investment) of a selection test, training program, or other employment practice.
Esketamine, a nasal spray version of ketamine, has been found to be an effective
treatment for:
A. treatment-resistant mania.
B. treatment-resistant depression.
C. tobacco-use disorder.
D. opioid use disorder. - ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-PPA-Bipolar and Depressive Disorders--25 Answer B is correct. Of the
disorders listed in the answers, ketamine has been found to be an effective treatment
only for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Definitions of TRD vary, but it is often
defined as involving an inadequate response to at least two antidepressants from
different classes.
A study conducted by Kaczynski, Lindahl, Malik, and Laurenceau (2006) confirmed their
hypothesis that the relationship between marital conflict and child adjustment was due
to the impact of marital conflict on parenting style which, in turn, impacted child
adjustment. In this situation, parenting style is a(n) ________ variable.
A. moderator
B. mediator
C. extraneous
D. independent - ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-RMS-Types of Variables and Data-02 Answer B is correct. Mediator variables
are also known as intervening variables and explain the relationship between two other
variables. Kaczynski et al. found that the relationship between marital conflict and child
adjustment was explained (mediated) by parenting style. In others, they found that
parenting style was a mediating variable. [K. J. Kaczynski, K. M. Lindahl, N. M. Malik,
and J. Laurenceau, Marital conflict, maternal and paternal parenting, and child
adjustment: A test of mediation and moderation, Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 199-
208, 2006.]
In a positively skewed distribution of scores, the __________ is the lowest score and
the __________ is the highest score.
A. mode; mean
B. mean; mode
C. median; mean
D. mean; median - ANSWER-A
EPPP-F1-RMS-Types of Variables and Data-01 Answer A is correct. Skewed
distributions are asymmetrical with most scores "piled up" in one tail of the distribution
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The DSM-5 diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) requires an
onset of symptoms before _____ years of age and a duration of symptoms for at least
_____ months.
A. 9; 3
B. 9; 6
C. 12; 6
D. 12; 9 - ANSWER-C
EPPP-F1-PPA-Neurodevelopmental Disorders-02 Answer C is correct. The DSM-5
diagnosis of ADHD requires the presence of characteristic symptoms in at least two
settings (e.g., at home and at school) with symptoms having an onset before 12 years
of age and a duration of at least six months.
Aronson and Mills (1959) found that college students who experienced a very
unpleasant initiation in order to be accepted into a group subsequently expressed more
liking for the group than did college students who did not experience the unpleasant
initiation. This result supports which of the following?
A. theory of planned behavior
B. elaboration likelihood model
C. social judgment theory
D. cognitive dissonance theory - ANSWER-D
EPPP-F1-SOC-Attitudes and Attitude Change-06 Answer D is correct. The results of the
E. Aronson and J. Mills study confirmed the prediction of cognitive dissonance theory
that subjects would justify the suffering they endured to be accepted into a group by
deciding that the group was worth the suffering [The effect of severity of initiation on
liking for a group, The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59(2), 17-181,
1959].
Which of the following is not one of the required conditions for a claim of malpractice?
A. professional relationship
B. direct or proximate causation
C. negligence
D. dereliction or breach of duty - ANSWER-C
EPPP-F1-ETH-Professional Issues-28 Answer C is correct. Four conditions are required
for a claim of malpractice: (a) The psychologist must have had a professional
,relationship with the client that established the psychologist's duty to conform to a
professional standard of care. (b) There was a dereliction or breach of the duty on the
part of the psychologist. (c) The client suffered injury or harm as a result of this
dereliction or breach. (d) The psychologist's dereliction or breach of duty was the direct
or proximate cause of the person's harm or injury. Negligence (answer C) is a possible
cause of a breach of duty (answer D) but it's not required for a claim of malpractice
because a breach of duty can be due other factors.
While developing a new test of job knowledge, a test developer administers the test
items to a sample of 50 recently hired employees. Based on the results, he eliminates a
few items and changes several other items to increase the test's reliability and validity.
When he readministers the test along with a measure of job performance to the same
sample, he obtains a criterion-related validity coefficient of .65. If he then administers
the test and measure of job performance to a different sample of 50 recently hired
employees, he's most likely to obtain a validity coefficient that is:
A. greater than .65.
B. less than .65.
C. greater or less than .65.
D. equal to .65. - ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-TES-Test Validity - Criterion-Related Validity-10 Answer B is correct. To
identify the correct answer to this question, you have to recognize that the test
developer cross-validated the test when she administered it to a new sample and know
that validity coefficients tend to be lower for the cross-validation sample than for the
original sample. This is referred to as "shrinkage," and it occurs because all the chance
factors that contributed to the correlation between the job knowledge test (predictor) and
measure of job performance (criterion) for the sample that was used to develop the test
are not likely to be present in the cross-validation sample.
Opioid-induced respiratory depression is due to the effects of opiates on receptors in
the:
A. substantia nigra.
B. medulla.
C. striatum.
D. thalamus. - ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-PHY-Brain Regions/Functions - Hindbrain, Midbrain, and Subcortical
Forebrain Structures-03 Answer B is correct. The medulla controls respiration and other
vital autonomic functions. Opioids and opioid agonists produce respiratory depression
by reducing the responsiveness of the medulla's respiratory center to carbon dioxide.
The risk for developing agranulocytosis, a potentially fatal blood disorder, is greatest for
which of the following antipsychotic drugs?
A. chlorpromazine
B. fluphenazine
C. risperidone
,D. clozapine - ANSWER-D
EPPP-F1-PHY-Psychopharmacology - Antipsychotics and Antidepressants-22 Answer
D is correct. Agranulocytosis is a potential side effect of several antipsychotics but most
often occurs with clozapine use. See, e.g., W. Austin and M. A. Boyd, Psychiatric and
mental health nursing for Canadian practice (2nd ed.), Philadelphia, Wolters
Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
Which of the following is most useful for identifying the behavioral anchors that are
incorporated into behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS)?
A. needs analysis
B. organizational analysis
C. paired comparison technique
D. critical incident technique - ANSWER-D
EPPP-F1-ORG-Job Analysis and Performance Assessment-03 Answer D is correct.
Knowing that behavioral anchors are descriptions of specific job behaviors that
represent good, average, and poor performance would have helped you identify the
critical incident technique as being most useful for developing BARS. Note that, while
the critical incident technique is ordinarily used to identify extreme behaviors (i.e., very
successful and very unsuccessful behaviors), the terms "critical incident" and "critical
incident technique" are sometimes used more generally to refer to descriptions of
specific job-related behaviors.
When a predictor included in a multiple regression equation has a negative beta weight,
this means that:
A. The predictor has a negative correlation with the other predictors.
B. The predictor has a negative correlation with the criterion.
C. The predictor has a statistically significant relationship with the criterion.
D. The predictor does not have a statistically significant relationship with the criterion. -
ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-RMS-Correlation and Regression-07 Answer B is correct. Beta weights are
standardized regression coefficients, and a predictor's beta weight indicates the
strength of the relationship between the predictor and the criterion. When a predictor's
beta weight is positive, this means there's a positive relationship between the predictor
and criterion (i.e., as scores on the predictor increase, scores on the criterion increase).
Conversely, when the beta weight is negative, this means there's a negative relationship
between the predictor and criterion (i.e., as scores on the predictor increase, scores on
the criterion decrease).
A utility analysis of an employee selection program will provide information on which of
the following?
A. the criterion-related validity of a new selection technique
B. the risk for adverse impact when using a new selection technique
C. the monetary costs and benefits of using a new selection technique
, D. the reactions of job applicants to a new selection technique - ANSWER-C
EPPP-F1-ORG-Employee Selection - Evaluation of Techniques-07 Answer C is correct.
Utility analysis is used to obtain information on the monetary value (return on
investment) of a selection test, training program, or other employment practice.
Esketamine, a nasal spray version of ketamine, has been found to be an effective
treatment for:
A. treatment-resistant mania.
B. treatment-resistant depression.
C. tobacco-use disorder.
D. opioid use disorder. - ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-PPA-Bipolar and Depressive Disorders--25 Answer B is correct. Of the
disorders listed in the answers, ketamine has been found to be an effective treatment
only for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Definitions of TRD vary, but it is often
defined as involving an inadequate response to at least two antidepressants from
different classes.
A study conducted by Kaczynski, Lindahl, Malik, and Laurenceau (2006) confirmed their
hypothesis that the relationship between marital conflict and child adjustment was due
to the impact of marital conflict on parenting style which, in turn, impacted child
adjustment. In this situation, parenting style is a(n) ________ variable.
A. moderator
B. mediator
C. extraneous
D. independent - ANSWER-B
EPPP-F1-RMS-Types of Variables and Data-02 Answer B is correct. Mediator variables
are also known as intervening variables and explain the relationship between two other
variables. Kaczynski et al. found that the relationship between marital conflict and child
adjustment was explained (mediated) by parenting style. In others, they found that
parenting style was a mediating variable. [K. J. Kaczynski, K. M. Lindahl, N. M. Malik,
and J. Laurenceau, Marital conflict, maternal and paternal parenting, and child
adjustment: A test of mediation and moderation, Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 199-
208, 2006.]
In a positively skewed distribution of scores, the __________ is the lowest score and
the __________ is the highest score.
A. mode; mean
B. mean; mode
C. median; mean
D. mean; median - ANSWER-A
EPPP-F1-RMS-Types of Variables and Data-01 Answer A is correct. Skewed
distributions are asymmetrical with most scores "piled up" in one tail of the distribution
