EPPP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Question:
All of the following are important components of emotional intelligence except the ability to: A)
repress emotions B) regulate emotions C) perceive emotions D) express and understand emotions.
Answer:
A) repress emotions
Question:
Determination of competence to stand trial is a A) decision made by a jury B) legal issue decided by
the court C) clinical issue decided by the evaluator D) decision made by the court and the evaluator.
Answer:
B) legal issue decided by the court
Question:
Boys are most likely to show adverse effects from their parents divorce through: A)withdrawal B)
increased reliance on siblings for emotional support C) poor academic achievement D) problems
with peers.
Answer:
A) withdrawal
Question:
A mother and her infant are alone in a room. A stranger enters and the mother leaves. When the
mother returns, the infant immediately begins playing, apparently happily. Which attachment
classification is most appropriate? A) disorganized B) anxious resistant C) avoidant D) secure.
Answer:
,D) secure
Question:
When a psychologists institutional rules are in conflict with ethics codes published by the American
and Canadian psychological associations, the psychologist is: A) required to proactively seek
resolution of the conflict B) allowed to choose between the conflicting directives in whatever way
the psychologist thinks is reasonable C) obliged to place adherence to the ethical standards ahead of
all other considerations D) permitted to follow the institutional rules for most cases.
Answer:
A) required to proactively seek resolution of the conflict
Question:
A third party payer denies a psychologists recommendation for extending a clients treatment on the
basis of a lack of medical necessity and requests that this disagreement not be disclosed to the client.
The psychologists most ethical course of action is: A)disclose the disagreement to the client B)
adherence to the third party payers instruction C) not disclose the agreement but appeal the decision
D) explain to the client that treatment must be terminated due to a lack of medical necessity.
Answer:
A) disclose the disagreement to the client
Question:
An advantage of the classical test theory over the item response theory model is that classical test
theory: A) required relatively smaller sample sizes for stable item statistics B) provides an estimate
of how an item performs at different levels of the construct being tested C) explicitly models the
likelihood of guessing the behavior D) provides item statistics that are independent of the
distribution of ability in the sample.
Answer:
D) provides item statistics that are independent of the distribution of ability in the sample
Question:
,On measures of sex-role attitudes, comparisons between children whose mothers are employed
outside the home and children whose mothers are not employed outside the home have revealed
that: A)both the sons and B) there is little difference in sex-role attitudes exhibited by the children in
these two types of households C) only daughters of externally employed mothers are less likely than
their counterparts to exhibit traditional sex-role attitudes D) only sons of externally employed
mothers are less likely than their counterparts to exhibit traditional sex-role attitudes.
Answer:
A) both the sons daughters of externally employed mothers are less likely than their counterparts to
exhibit traditional sex-role attitudes
Question:
A child uses the name of the family dog to refer to the neighbors dog. This illustrates: A)
overextension B) overregularization C)under extension D) fundamental attribution error.
Answer:
A) overextension
Question:
According to the theory of worldviews proposed by Derald Wong Sue and David Sue, western
society can be characterized in terms of: A) internal locus of control and internal locus of
responsibility B) internal locus of control and external locus of responsibility C) external locus of
control and internal locus of responsibility D) external locus of control and external locus of
responsibility.
Answer:
A) internal locus of control and internal locus of responsibility (aka power)
Question:
The minority identity development model is best described as a: A) schema you help psychologists
understand minority client attitudes and behaviors within existing personality theories B) theoretical
model with strong empirical verification C) four-stage identity model that pertains specifically to
African American experience D) comprehensive theory of personality development.
Answer:
, A) schema you help psychologists understand minority client attitudes and behaviors within existing
personality theories
Question:
Research on computerized adaptive testing (CAT) indicates that examinations administered in this
framework A) function best with relatively homogenous item difficulties B) function efficiently
only when the item pool contains over 1000 items C) are less dependent on the quality of the item
pool than a traditionally administered examination D) use fewer items to achieve precision greater
than or equal to that of traditionally administered tests.
Answer:
D) use fewer items to achieve precision greater than or equal to that of traditionally administered
tests
Question:
Research suggests that gender-based differences in social behavior are A) most pronounced with
regard to motor development B) most pronounced during interactions in mixed-sex groups C) most
pronounced during interactions in same-sex groups D) not discernible until children reach puberty.
Answer:
C) most pronounced during interactions in same-sex groups
Question:
Which multi-systemic therapy (MST) approach entails the following cyclical and overlapping
stages: joining with the family, assessing the families functioning and creating a family map and
altering the family system? A) structural approach B) strategic approach C) social learning approach
D) family of origin approach.
Answer:
A) structural approach (structural means join and restructure, strategic involves circular questioning
and quick changes)
Question:
Question:
All of the following are important components of emotional intelligence except the ability to: A)
repress emotions B) regulate emotions C) perceive emotions D) express and understand emotions.
Answer:
A) repress emotions
Question:
Determination of competence to stand trial is a A) decision made by a jury B) legal issue decided by
the court C) clinical issue decided by the evaluator D) decision made by the court and the evaluator.
Answer:
B) legal issue decided by the court
Question:
Boys are most likely to show adverse effects from their parents divorce through: A)withdrawal B)
increased reliance on siblings for emotional support C) poor academic achievement D) problems
with peers.
Answer:
A) withdrawal
Question:
A mother and her infant are alone in a room. A stranger enters and the mother leaves. When the
mother returns, the infant immediately begins playing, apparently happily. Which attachment
classification is most appropriate? A) disorganized B) anxious resistant C) avoidant D) secure.
Answer:
,D) secure
Question:
When a psychologists institutional rules are in conflict with ethics codes published by the American
and Canadian psychological associations, the psychologist is: A) required to proactively seek
resolution of the conflict B) allowed to choose between the conflicting directives in whatever way
the psychologist thinks is reasonable C) obliged to place adherence to the ethical standards ahead of
all other considerations D) permitted to follow the institutional rules for most cases.
Answer:
A) required to proactively seek resolution of the conflict
Question:
A third party payer denies a psychologists recommendation for extending a clients treatment on the
basis of a lack of medical necessity and requests that this disagreement not be disclosed to the client.
The psychologists most ethical course of action is: A)disclose the disagreement to the client B)
adherence to the third party payers instruction C) not disclose the agreement but appeal the decision
D) explain to the client that treatment must be terminated due to a lack of medical necessity.
Answer:
A) disclose the disagreement to the client
Question:
An advantage of the classical test theory over the item response theory model is that classical test
theory: A) required relatively smaller sample sizes for stable item statistics B) provides an estimate
of how an item performs at different levels of the construct being tested C) explicitly models the
likelihood of guessing the behavior D) provides item statistics that are independent of the
distribution of ability in the sample.
Answer:
D) provides item statistics that are independent of the distribution of ability in the sample
Question:
,On measures of sex-role attitudes, comparisons between children whose mothers are employed
outside the home and children whose mothers are not employed outside the home have revealed
that: A)both the sons and B) there is little difference in sex-role attitudes exhibited by the children in
these two types of households C) only daughters of externally employed mothers are less likely than
their counterparts to exhibit traditional sex-role attitudes D) only sons of externally employed
mothers are less likely than their counterparts to exhibit traditional sex-role attitudes.
Answer:
A) both the sons daughters of externally employed mothers are less likely than their counterparts to
exhibit traditional sex-role attitudes
Question:
A child uses the name of the family dog to refer to the neighbors dog. This illustrates: A)
overextension B) overregularization C)under extension D) fundamental attribution error.
Answer:
A) overextension
Question:
According to the theory of worldviews proposed by Derald Wong Sue and David Sue, western
society can be characterized in terms of: A) internal locus of control and internal locus of
responsibility B) internal locus of control and external locus of responsibility C) external locus of
control and internal locus of responsibility D) external locus of control and external locus of
responsibility.
Answer:
A) internal locus of control and internal locus of responsibility (aka power)
Question:
The minority identity development model is best described as a: A) schema you help psychologists
understand minority client attitudes and behaviors within existing personality theories B) theoretical
model with strong empirical verification C) four-stage identity model that pertains specifically to
African American experience D) comprehensive theory of personality development.
Answer:
, A) schema you help psychologists understand minority client attitudes and behaviors within existing
personality theories
Question:
Research on computerized adaptive testing (CAT) indicates that examinations administered in this
framework A) function best with relatively homogenous item difficulties B) function efficiently
only when the item pool contains over 1000 items C) are less dependent on the quality of the item
pool than a traditionally administered examination D) use fewer items to achieve precision greater
than or equal to that of traditionally administered tests.
Answer:
D) use fewer items to achieve precision greater than or equal to that of traditionally administered
tests
Question:
Research suggests that gender-based differences in social behavior are A) most pronounced with
regard to motor development B) most pronounced during interactions in mixed-sex groups C) most
pronounced during interactions in same-sex groups D) not discernible until children reach puberty.
Answer:
C) most pronounced during interactions in same-sex groups
Question:
Which multi-systemic therapy (MST) approach entails the following cyclical and overlapping
stages: joining with the family, assessing the families functioning and creating a family map and
altering the family system? A) structural approach B) strategic approach C) social learning approach
D) family of origin approach.
Answer:
A) structural approach (structural means join and restructure, strategic involves circular questioning
and quick changes)
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