Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology EPPP Practice test 1 (200 Questions with 100% Correct Answers)

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The presence of which of the following symptoms suggests that the appropriate diagnosis is Alcohol Withdrawal as opposed to Cocaine Withdrawal? a. insomnia b. dysphoria c. seizures d. psychomotor... agitation - ✔✔c. In family therapy, the adolescent daughter complains that she doesn't think she can change and she feels that doing what the therapist has requested is pointless. The therapist responds by saying, "Well, in that case, I think you shouldn't even try." The therapist's response is an example of: a. reactance. b. restraining. c. positioning. d. prescription. - ✔✔b. According to Patterson and his colleagues, aggression in children is linked to the use of coercive discipline by their parents. In turn, the parent's use of coercive discipline is directly related to: a. the parents' misinterpretations of the child's intentions when he or she misbehaves. b. the parents' personality characteristics and the child's temperament. c. the nature of the attachment between the child and the parent. d. the effectiveness of the discipline in stopping the child's misbehavior. - ✔✔b. A person with a temporal lobe tumor is most likely to exhibit which of the following? a. memory impairment, depression or anxiety, and hallucinations b. poor judgment, impulsivity, and inappropriate jocularityc. confabulation, irritability and suspiciousness, and prosopagnosia d. dysgraphia, depression and apathy, and denial of his or her problems - ✔✔a. According to the path-goal theory of leadership, a primary task of a leader is to help subordinates find the best path for attaining goals. In terms of leadership style, this theory proposes that: a. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends on certain characteristics of the task and the subordinates. b. the best style (directive, supportive, participative, or achievement-oriented) depends on the leader's experience, personality, and so on. c. the best style is a participative one that allows employees to help set their own goals. d. the best style is an achievement-oriented one that focuses on enhancing the skills and knowledge of subordinates so that they are better able to achieve their goals. - ✔✔a. Research on mnemonic devices suggests that they are: a. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of both short-and long-term retention. b. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of both short-and long-term retention. c. superior to rote rehearsal in terms of short-term but not long-term retention. d. superior to rote rehearsal and elaboration in terms of short-term but not long-term retention. - ✔✔c. In the assessment of cognitive abilities with a standardized test, you would "test the limits": a. before administering the test. b. before administering each subtest. c. after administering the test. d. whenever it seems appropriate to do so. - ✔✔c. A worker whose job consists primarily of handling customer complaints will be happier if he s/he blames the customer's problems on: a. external, stable, and global factors. b. internal, stable, and specific factors.c. external, unstable, and global factors. d. external, unstable, and specific factors. - ✔✔d. You administer a test to a sample of young adults with PTSD and, from their scores, calculate a kappa coefficient of .95. This indicates that the test is: a. reliable. b. valid. c. reliable and valid. d. reliable but not valid. - ✔✔a. You are hired by a small company to provide evaluation and counseling services to employees. The company owner tells you that employees routinely sign a waiver of confidentiality when they are hired. In this situation, you should: a. tell the employer that you can give her only very limited and relevant information about an employee even though the employee has signed a waiver. b. clarify the company policy with the employees that you see and determine if they want to continue in counseling. c. provide the employer with information only after you have confirmed that the employee has actually signed the waiver. d. refuse to give the employer any information about the employees that you see. - ✔✔b. An adolescent is brought to therapy by her mother who says the girl has recently become "another person." She says her daughter used to be easy-going and easy to get along with and was well-liked at school by her peers and teachers. However, now her daughter is constantly irritable, is smoking and drinking, and has started having trouble at school. When the therapist interviews the girl, he learns that she is engaging in high-risk sexual behavior, but the girl feels that nothing bad can ever happen to her. Based on these symptoms, the best diagnosis is: a. ADHD. b. Conduct Disorder. c. Bipolar I Disorder. d. Bipolar II Disorder [Show More]

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