EPPP Assessment 2025/2026 Graded A+
Comprehensive Study Guide!!
(125 Questions with 100 Correct Questions)
The Taylor-Russell tables will indicate that a new selection test is most likely to be helpful in choosing
job applicants who will be satisfactory employees when:
a) the proportion of current employees who are considered satisfactory is less than 25%
b) there are only a few job openings and many applicants for the job
c) most applicants have job skills in the moderate (average) range
d) the test has adequate "differential validity" - b) there are only a few job openings and many
applicants for the job
when using the analysis of variance, calculation of the F-ration involves:
a) comparing group means directly to each other
b) comparing each group mean to a total mean
c) comparing true (experimental) variability to error variability
d) comparing between-group variability to within-group variability - d) comparing between-group
variability to within-group variability
Aaron Beck's interactions with therapy clients is best described as:
a) confrontative
b) consensual
c) covert
d) collaborative - d) collaborative
When conducting group therapy, you should remind group members:
a) that they are legally bound to maintain confidentiality
b) that, since they are not legally bound to maintain confidentiality, they should not expect other
members to do so
c) that, as members of a therapy group, they are ethically required to maintain confidentiality
d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of statements made during group sessions -
d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of statements made during group sessions
,A husband consistently says loving things to his wife when she talks about sports but ignores her
whenever she complains about her job. The husband's behavior is most similar to which of the
following techniques?
a) overcorrection
b) chaining
c) Premack Principle
d) differential reinforcement - d) differential reinforcement
A new client of yours, who is homosexual, tells you that he overheard his previous therapist make
derogatory remarks about his sexual orientation to a co-worker. Your best course of action would be
to:
a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee
b) file a complaint against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee yourself
c) call the psychologist and tell him that your client overheard his remarks
d) provide the client with support and remind him that there are many prejudiced people in the
world - a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee
A college student receives a high score on the realistic scale of Holland's Self-Directed Search but a
low score on all other scales. This is an example of which of the following?
a) congruence
b) vocational identity
c) differentiation
d) individuation - c) differentiation
Recent research suggests that higher rates of Schizophrenia among African-Americans is most likely
attributable to:
a) heredity
b) family dynamics
c) socioeconomic factors
d) misdiagnosis of hallucinations and delusions - d) misdiagnosis of hallucinations and delusions
The unavailability of preventive health services in minority communities, a lack of quality health care
in close proximity to these communities, and the delivery of substandard health care services to
members of these communities is best attributes to which of the following?
,a) subtle racism
b) institutional racism
c) personally mediated reacism
d) internalized racism - b) institutional racism
Zajonc's confluence model predicts that children's intellectual growth can be either enhanced or
hindered by their immediate family circumstances. Specifically, Zajonc considers _____________ to
be a critical factor in intellectual development.
a) birth order
b) parental marital status
c) parenting style
d) culture - a) birth order
As described in the DSM-5, the characteristic symptoms of Substance Use Disorder can be
categorized in terms of which of the following?
a) impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria
b) functional impairment, denial of consequences, impaired control, and pharmacological criteria
c) impaired control, tolerance, withdrawal, and functional impairment
d) functional impairment, tolerance and withdrawal, risky use, and marked distress - a) impaired
control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria
An employer interested in increasing the creativity of workers would be best advised to do all of the
following except:
a) provide supportive supervision
b) let workers know that their work will be critically evaluated
c) hire employees who score high on a measure of openness to experience
d) increase the physical distance between workers in the workplace - b) let workers know that their
work will be critically evaluated
Dr. Passe is hired by a company to evaluate an employee for promotion into a high-level position. The
company manager tells Dr. Passe that the employee was evaluated six years ago prior to his last
promotion, and the company wants Dr. Passe to make a recommendation based on those results
without an additional evaluation. Dr. Passe is concerned that some of the information from the
evaluation is no longer relevant. He should:
, a) comply with the manager's request since it is up to her (the manager) to decide what is relevant
b) comply with the manager's request but warn her of any potential limitations of her
recommendation
c) comply with the manager's request only if the employee agrees to the conditions
d) discuss with the manager the possibility that the data are obsolete and that new data should be
collected - d) discuss with the manager the possibility that the data are obsolete and that new data
should be collected
Tactile sensation and visuospatial functions are mediated primarily by the:
a) frontal lobe
b) occipital lobe
c) parietal lobe
d) temporal lobe - c) parietal lobe
In females with _________, part or all of one X chromosome is missing.
a) Mullerian syndrome
b) Fragile X syndrome
c) Cushing syndrome
d) Turner syndrome - d) Turner syndrome
Dr. Goodman has been dating Billy Bob for seven weeks when she realizes that he is the brother of a
client she has been seeing in therapy for nearly three months. Dr. Goodman's best course of action
would be to:
a) refer the client to another therapist immediately
b) stop seeing Billy Bob immediately
c) discuss the matter with the client as soon as possible
d) do nothing until it becomes evident that the situation is creating a conflict - c) discuss the matter
with the client as soon as possible
According to the APA's Guidelines for Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally
Diverse Populations, when a client belonging to a different ethnic or cultural group comes to therapy,
a therapist is best advised to:
a) treat the client like any other person unless there is reason to do otherwise
Comprehensive Study Guide!!
(125 Questions with 100 Correct Questions)
The Taylor-Russell tables will indicate that a new selection test is most likely to be helpful in choosing
job applicants who will be satisfactory employees when:
a) the proportion of current employees who are considered satisfactory is less than 25%
b) there are only a few job openings and many applicants for the job
c) most applicants have job skills in the moderate (average) range
d) the test has adequate "differential validity" - b) there are only a few job openings and many
applicants for the job
when using the analysis of variance, calculation of the F-ration involves:
a) comparing group means directly to each other
b) comparing each group mean to a total mean
c) comparing true (experimental) variability to error variability
d) comparing between-group variability to within-group variability - d) comparing between-group
variability to within-group variability
Aaron Beck's interactions with therapy clients is best described as:
a) confrontative
b) consensual
c) covert
d) collaborative - d) collaborative
When conducting group therapy, you should remind group members:
a) that they are legally bound to maintain confidentiality
b) that, since they are not legally bound to maintain confidentiality, they should not expect other
members to do so
c) that, as members of a therapy group, they are ethically required to maintain confidentiality
d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of statements made during group sessions -
d) of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of statements made during group sessions
,A husband consistently says loving things to his wife when she talks about sports but ignores her
whenever she complains about her job. The husband's behavior is most similar to which of the
following techniques?
a) overcorrection
b) chaining
c) Premack Principle
d) differential reinforcement - d) differential reinforcement
A new client of yours, who is homosexual, tells you that he overheard his previous therapist make
derogatory remarks about his sexual orientation to a co-worker. Your best course of action would be
to:
a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee
b) file a complaint against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee yourself
c) call the psychologist and tell him that your client overheard his remarks
d) provide the client with support and remind him that there are many prejudiced people in the
world - a) discuss his options of filing a complain against the psychologist with the Ethics Committee
A college student receives a high score on the realistic scale of Holland's Self-Directed Search but a
low score on all other scales. This is an example of which of the following?
a) congruence
b) vocational identity
c) differentiation
d) individuation - c) differentiation
Recent research suggests that higher rates of Schizophrenia among African-Americans is most likely
attributable to:
a) heredity
b) family dynamics
c) socioeconomic factors
d) misdiagnosis of hallucinations and delusions - d) misdiagnosis of hallucinations and delusions
The unavailability of preventive health services in minority communities, a lack of quality health care
in close proximity to these communities, and the delivery of substandard health care services to
members of these communities is best attributes to which of the following?
,a) subtle racism
b) institutional racism
c) personally mediated reacism
d) internalized racism - b) institutional racism
Zajonc's confluence model predicts that children's intellectual growth can be either enhanced or
hindered by their immediate family circumstances. Specifically, Zajonc considers _____________ to
be a critical factor in intellectual development.
a) birth order
b) parental marital status
c) parenting style
d) culture - a) birth order
As described in the DSM-5, the characteristic symptoms of Substance Use Disorder can be
categorized in terms of which of the following?
a) impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria
b) functional impairment, denial of consequences, impaired control, and pharmacological criteria
c) impaired control, tolerance, withdrawal, and functional impairment
d) functional impairment, tolerance and withdrawal, risky use, and marked distress - a) impaired
control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria
An employer interested in increasing the creativity of workers would be best advised to do all of the
following except:
a) provide supportive supervision
b) let workers know that their work will be critically evaluated
c) hire employees who score high on a measure of openness to experience
d) increase the physical distance between workers in the workplace - b) let workers know that their
work will be critically evaluated
Dr. Passe is hired by a company to evaluate an employee for promotion into a high-level position. The
company manager tells Dr. Passe that the employee was evaluated six years ago prior to his last
promotion, and the company wants Dr. Passe to make a recommendation based on those results
without an additional evaluation. Dr. Passe is concerned that some of the information from the
evaluation is no longer relevant. He should:
, a) comply with the manager's request since it is up to her (the manager) to decide what is relevant
b) comply with the manager's request but warn her of any potential limitations of her
recommendation
c) comply with the manager's request only if the employee agrees to the conditions
d) discuss with the manager the possibility that the data are obsolete and that new data should be
collected - d) discuss with the manager the possibility that the data are obsolete and that new data
should be collected
Tactile sensation and visuospatial functions are mediated primarily by the:
a) frontal lobe
b) occipital lobe
c) parietal lobe
d) temporal lobe - c) parietal lobe
In females with _________, part or all of one X chromosome is missing.
a) Mullerian syndrome
b) Fragile X syndrome
c) Cushing syndrome
d) Turner syndrome - d) Turner syndrome
Dr. Goodman has been dating Billy Bob for seven weeks when she realizes that he is the brother of a
client she has been seeing in therapy for nearly three months. Dr. Goodman's best course of action
would be to:
a) refer the client to another therapist immediately
b) stop seeing Billy Bob immediately
c) discuss the matter with the client as soon as possible
d) do nothing until it becomes evident that the situation is creating a conflict - c) discuss the matter
with the client as soon as possible
According to the APA's Guidelines for Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally
Diverse Populations, when a client belonging to a different ethnic or cultural group comes to therapy,
a therapist is best advised to:
a) treat the client like any other person unless there is reason to do otherwise
