EPPP Exam 2023 with Complete Solutions

The relationship between nature and intellectual decline - ANSWER-increase in response time The strongest evidence of addiction to substance - ANSWER-Physiological tolerance and withdrawal The most common neuropsychological complication of AIDS - ANSWER-Dementia What is the function of correction of attenuation - ANSWER-Estimate the correlation between two variables if one or both could be measured without error If a research results indicated a contradictory findings to your initial hypotheses. In addition, a moderation effects was found. Your co-worker suggested that you don't report the moderation effects given that it is tangential to the main research question of the study. You should: - ANSWER-Not take your co-worker's suggestion because this will be unethical. It conflicts with the psychologist's responsibility to report completely the results of research project Thordike's Law of Effects - ANSWER-A reward tends to increase the probability of recurrence of the response it follows. Children's typically take their first steps around the age of? - ANSWER-12 months Tonic-clonic seizures occurs most frequently in.. - ANSWER-Grand mal epilepsy Complex partial seizures occur in which part of the brain - ANSWER-Temporal lobe Women who have had abortions .. - ANSWER-the psychological consequences are no worse than women who have chosen to continue their pregnancies and gave birth. Under the research on persuasion, the degree to which the receiver's initial position will change when.... - ANSWER-The communicator is credible; the effect will be greater when there is a larger discrepancy between the communicator's position and the receiver's initial position A 10-year old boy who obtained an IQ score of 130. Two years later, he was tested with an alternative form of the same test. Most likely, the obtained score on the second testing would be: - ANSWER-Less than 130 Specific deleterious effects of unpredictable nose could be reduced by... - ANSWER-Allowing the individual to terminate the noise if it becomes intolerable Afferent sensory pathways - ANSWER-Thalamus Meta-analysis on the relationship between marital discord and child behavior problems showed that - ANSWER-Boys are more likely than girls to manifest an immediate behavior problem When interpreting and reporting test results, one should - ANSWER-Focus on the confidence interval of a score rather than only on the obtained score itself. Feminist therapy - ANSWER-- Self-disclosure by the psychologist is specifically recommended and frequently applied. - Egalitarian relationship b/w therapist and client - seeing client's problems in their sociopolitical context - Encourage trust and respect for other women Anxiety induced by reading about a car accident some months after having had a car accident is best described as an instance of - ANSWER-Mediated generalization Intrinsic-motivational theory - ANSWER-Predicts a decrease in productivity as the external reward increases Maternal employment on children's development... - ANSWER-In families of LOW SES, both sons and daughters of working mothers perform better on measures of cognitive development than those of non-working mother. Assessment centers uses a specific personnel selection method called... - ANSWER-Performance-based assessment Psychoanalytic theory suggests that anxiety arises from.. - ANSWER-A failure of defenses to modulate excitation adequately Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can be most accurately verified by - ANSWER-Brain biopsy Adlerian theory conceptualizes a child's intention behind their misdemeanor as.. - ANSWER-To confirm an assumed disability, or to get attention, power, or revenge In a skewed distribution with a tail extended to the left, the statistics with the highest value is... - ANSWER-Mode What factors contributes to a favorable prognosis for psychotherapy? - ANSWER-- pre-existing client factors such as motivation to change, level of misery/ pain Performance of which type of activity has a positive relationship with age? - ANSWER-Knowledge-based judgments with no time pressure