EPPP ACTUAL PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE EXAM |2026/2027 LATEST
VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
DETAILED ANSWERS | GRADED A+
J. Berry acculturation, integration -
CORRECT|ANSWER
J. Barry conceptualizes acculturation as many models existing on a continuum, with the minority
culture and the majority or mainstream culture at opposite poles. Integration would be displayed by
an individual who has high retention of the minority culture and high maintenance of the
mainstream culture.
Lenore Walker cycle of violence, battered women -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Lenore Walker describes a cycle of violence that involves three stags: tension building, acute
battering incident, and loving contrition. According to Walker, most of the benefits of the relationship
occur in the third stage, when the batterer offers apologies, assurances that the attacks will never
happen again, and declarations of love. The relationship tends to remain stable when the balance
between the costs of the abuse and the benefits of the relationship are fairly similar. As violence
escalates, the relationship becomes more unstable, and the man escalates his charming behavior in
an attempt to restore stability.
behavioral contrast effect -
CORRECT|ANSWER
If we are reinforced for performing two different operants, and reinforcement for one of these
behaviors stops, we tend to increase the rate of the remaining reinforced behavior. That is probably
because the reinforcement that remains seems to become more valuable.
doctrine of comparable worth -
CORRECT|ANSWER
States that workers (in particular, men and women) should get equal pay for performing jobs that
have equivalent worth (use job evaluation)
M. Seligman theory of learned optimism -
CORRECT|ANSWER
In Seligman's theory of learned optimism, attributions of optimistic people are believed to be the
opposite of attributions of depressed people. Since depressed people make internal, stable, and
global attributions to negative events, optimistic people would tend to make external, unstable, and
,specific attributions in response to negative events. Therefore, we can readily eliminate "B" ("I didn't
study enough") since that's an internal attribution. Choice "C" ("the teacher is always a tough
grader") is a stable attribution. That leaves Choices "A" ("I was unlucky") and Choice "D" ("the test
was hard this time") - which are both external and unstable attributions. Of the two, however, Choice
"D" is better since being unlucky would imply that success is a matter of luck.
Course of Antisocial Personality Disorder -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD), particularly criminal behaviors, often
become less evident as an individual grows older (DSM-TR-IV, p. 704). APD has a chronic course and
while some symptoms like criminal behaviors may decrease, other symptoms such as difficulties with
interpersonal relationships may persist. (See: Paris, J. (2004). Personality disorders over time:
Implications for therapy, American Journal of Psychotherapy, 58(4), 420-429.)
Group polarization -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A group's decisions tend to be more extreme (in one direction or the other) than those that would
be made by individuals in the group acting alone. This phenomenon is referred to as group
polarization. One explanation for group polarization is that group members are more willing to
support extreme decisions because, as group members, they won't have to take as much personal
responsibility for their decisions as they would if they were acting alone.
Solomon's four group design -
CORRECT|ANSWER
a true experimental design used to evaluate the effects of pretesting, since some groups are
pretested and others are not.
MANOVA -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A MANOVA (multivariate analysis of variance) is used to analyze the effects of one or more
independent variables on two or more dependent variables that are each measured on an interval or
ratio scale.
factorial ANOVA -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A factorial ANOVA (a.) is used to analyze data when a factorial design, which includes two or more
independent variables, is used and the dependent variable is measured on an interval or ratio scale.
, Factorial designs also allow for the assessment of both main effects (the effects of each independent
variable considered individually) and interaction effects (the effects of each variable at the different
levels of the other variable). The study described in this question has two "significant main effects"
for the independent variables: type of reading program and past level of reading comprehension.
And a "significant interaction effect" means that the effects of the different reading programs varied
significantly for students at different reading levels. For example, "Reading Program A" may have
been highly effective for above average students, moderately effective for average students, yet
ineffective for below average students. On the other hand, "Reading Program B" may have been only
effective for below average students, while "Reading Program C" may not have been effective for any
students.
One-Way ANOVA -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A one-way ANOVA (c.) is used when a study has one independent variable and more than two
independent groups.
Split-Plot (mixed) ANOVA -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The split-plot (mixed) ANOVA (d.) is the appropriate technique when at least one independent
variable is a between-groups variable and another independent variable is a within-subjects variable.
experiment wise error rate -
CORRECT|ANSWER
alpha (chance of Type I error) for all analyses done on a data set
capitation -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A common method of reimbursement used primarily by health maintenance organizations in which
the provider or medical facility is paid a fixed, per capita amount for each individual enrolled in the
plan, regardless of how many or few services the patient uses.
time-series quasi-experimental design -
CORRECT|ANSWER
-Used when only ONE group is available to study over a longer period of time
-Useful for determining trends over time
VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
DETAILED ANSWERS | GRADED A+
J. Berry acculturation, integration -
CORRECT|ANSWER
J. Barry conceptualizes acculturation as many models existing on a continuum, with the minority
culture and the majority or mainstream culture at opposite poles. Integration would be displayed by
an individual who has high retention of the minority culture and high maintenance of the
mainstream culture.
Lenore Walker cycle of violence, battered women -
CORRECT|ANSWER
Lenore Walker describes a cycle of violence that involves three stags: tension building, acute
battering incident, and loving contrition. According to Walker, most of the benefits of the relationship
occur in the third stage, when the batterer offers apologies, assurances that the attacks will never
happen again, and declarations of love. The relationship tends to remain stable when the balance
between the costs of the abuse and the benefits of the relationship are fairly similar. As violence
escalates, the relationship becomes more unstable, and the man escalates his charming behavior in
an attempt to restore stability.
behavioral contrast effect -
CORRECT|ANSWER
If we are reinforced for performing two different operants, and reinforcement for one of these
behaviors stops, we tend to increase the rate of the remaining reinforced behavior. That is probably
because the reinforcement that remains seems to become more valuable.
doctrine of comparable worth -
CORRECT|ANSWER
States that workers (in particular, men and women) should get equal pay for performing jobs that
have equivalent worth (use job evaluation)
M. Seligman theory of learned optimism -
CORRECT|ANSWER
In Seligman's theory of learned optimism, attributions of optimistic people are believed to be the
opposite of attributions of depressed people. Since depressed people make internal, stable, and
global attributions to negative events, optimistic people would tend to make external, unstable, and
,specific attributions in response to negative events. Therefore, we can readily eliminate "B" ("I didn't
study enough") since that's an internal attribution. Choice "C" ("the teacher is always a tough
grader") is a stable attribution. That leaves Choices "A" ("I was unlucky") and Choice "D" ("the test
was hard this time") - which are both external and unstable attributions. Of the two, however, Choice
"D" is better since being unlucky would imply that success is a matter of luck.
Course of Antisocial Personality Disorder -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD), particularly criminal behaviors, often
become less evident as an individual grows older (DSM-TR-IV, p. 704). APD has a chronic course and
while some symptoms like criminal behaviors may decrease, other symptoms such as difficulties with
interpersonal relationships may persist. (See: Paris, J. (2004). Personality disorders over time:
Implications for therapy, American Journal of Psychotherapy, 58(4), 420-429.)
Group polarization -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A group's decisions tend to be more extreme (in one direction or the other) than those that would
be made by individuals in the group acting alone. This phenomenon is referred to as group
polarization. One explanation for group polarization is that group members are more willing to
support extreme decisions because, as group members, they won't have to take as much personal
responsibility for their decisions as they would if they were acting alone.
Solomon's four group design -
CORRECT|ANSWER
a true experimental design used to evaluate the effects of pretesting, since some groups are
pretested and others are not.
MANOVA -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A MANOVA (multivariate analysis of variance) is used to analyze the effects of one or more
independent variables on two or more dependent variables that are each measured on an interval or
ratio scale.
factorial ANOVA -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A factorial ANOVA (a.) is used to analyze data when a factorial design, which includes two or more
independent variables, is used and the dependent variable is measured on an interval or ratio scale.
, Factorial designs also allow for the assessment of both main effects (the effects of each independent
variable considered individually) and interaction effects (the effects of each variable at the different
levels of the other variable). The study described in this question has two "significant main effects"
for the independent variables: type of reading program and past level of reading comprehension.
And a "significant interaction effect" means that the effects of the different reading programs varied
significantly for students at different reading levels. For example, "Reading Program A" may have
been highly effective for above average students, moderately effective for average students, yet
ineffective for below average students. On the other hand, "Reading Program B" may have been only
effective for below average students, while "Reading Program C" may not have been effective for any
students.
One-Way ANOVA -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A one-way ANOVA (c.) is used when a study has one independent variable and more than two
independent groups.
Split-Plot (mixed) ANOVA -
CORRECT|ANSWER
The split-plot (mixed) ANOVA (d.) is the appropriate technique when at least one independent
variable is a between-groups variable and another independent variable is a within-subjects variable.
experiment wise error rate -
CORRECT|ANSWER
alpha (chance of Type I error) for all analyses done on a data set
capitation -
CORRECT|ANSWER
A common method of reimbursement used primarily by health maintenance organizations in which
the provider or medical facility is paid a fixed, per capita amount for each individual enrolled in the
plan, regardless of how many or few services the patient uses.
time-series quasi-experimental design -
CORRECT|ANSWER
-Used when only ONE group is available to study over a longer period of time
-Useful for determining trends over time
