EPPP Practice Test 3 Wrong

Question 1

Coefficient of determination

Answer 1

Symbol: R²

represents the proportion of variance in one variable that is explained by another variable

Question 2

Cognition of aggressive children

Answer 2

show little remorse after hurting another child.

Question 3

horizontal decalage

Answer 3

Piaget

gradual development that occurs within a stage

once a child learns a certain function, they don’t have the capability to instantly apply the learned function to all the problems

Question 4

Factors that are helpful in determining parametric vs nonparametric test

Answer 4

-normally distributed or skewed
-nom/ord/rat/int scale
-hypothesis testing

Question 5

What suggests causality in an ABAB design?

Answer 5

the target behavior reverts to original baseline levels when the treatment is withdrawn.

Question 6

Kohlberg’s moral developmental stages

Answer 6

Preconventional: morality is externally controlled; rules imposed by authority figures are conformed to; avoid punishment or receive rewards

Conventional: social; good boy-good girl

Postconventional: abstract principles and values

Question 7

most effective treatment for bulimia nervosa

Answer 7

cognitive behavioral therapy alone is superior to treatment with an SSRI alone, but for some patients, combining the two treatments improves outcomes.

Question 8

In-basket test

Answer 8

job simulation used in hiring and promotion

assess a candidate’s managerial, organizational, and decision-making skills

Candidates receive a set of documents to prioritize

Question 9

Attenuation

Answer 9

reduction in estimates of true covariance between measured constructs

usually as a result of measurement error, low reliability of measures, or a restricted range of obtained measures

Question 10

Effects of maternal employment

Answer 10

Middle- and upper middle-class boys are most negatively affected by maternal employment (school grades and other measures of academic achievement)

High school and middle school students also show more negative effects than younger students.

Question 11

Effects of alcohol on NTs

Answer 11

suppresses the release of glutamate

enhances the activity of GABA

Question 12

Court ordered evaluation and confidentiality

Answer 12

Privilege is waived

individual must be informed of the limits of confidentiality

Question 13

Krumboltz (1996) career counseling

Answer 13

based on social learning theory

purpose of career counseling is to help the individual develop attitudes and skills that will enable him/her to adapt to changing work requirements

Question 14

Critical Incident Technique

Answer 14

involves having the supervisor observe an employee during a designated period and record the employee’s behaviors that represent satisfactory or unsatisfactory performance

Question 15

What was responsible for the genesis of Gerald Caplan’s development of mental health consultation

Answer 15

Recognition that the mental health of many more individuals can be improved through indirect services

Question 16

Interrupted time-series design

Answer 16

single-group design in which the researcher measures the DV at regular intervals before and after applying the treatment

Question 17

During a therapy session, Dad, who is normally soft-spoken and mild-mannered, becomes very agitated and starts yelling. The oldest daughter becomes upset and says, “Please stop, you’re scaring Johnny” (the 6-year old son). Dad stops yelling and becomes calm again. This is an example of:

Answer 17

homeostasis

Question 18

What are most likely to be a child’s first words?

Answer 18

Words that refer to something the child wants, or mostly objects that move or change

Question 19

Irvin Yalom (1985) described the group therapist’s role primarily as what?

Answer 19

Technical expert

Question 20

What is the highest to lowest concordance rates for schizophrenia?

Answer 20

Identical twin
Biological child
Biological sibling
Parent

Question 21

What is the ethical requirement for notifying a partner of a client with HIV/AIDS?

Answer 21

psychologists are not legally required to protect the partners of patients with HIV/AIDS.

Question 22

While treating a client for snake phobia, a therapist handles the snake and then guides the client through a series of steps until she is able to handle the snake herself. This technique is referred to as:

Answer 22

Participant modeling

Question 23

transactional leader

Answer 23

style is built around active exchange and oversight: “Do X, get Y reward,”

monitoring and correcting performance (management-by-exception)

Question 24

anchoring effect

Answer 24

tendency to be overly influenced by the initial piece of information one hears

serves as an “anchor” for future decision-making

Question 25

availability heuristic

Answer 25

tendency to predict the likelihood of something happening based on the number of examples that come to mind

Question 26

Goal of Minuchin's structural family therapy

Answer 26

replace rigid and diffuse boundaries with clear boundaries.

Question 27

For a math class assignment, a high school student decides to compare the average number of hours that students in their school view TV each day to the national average. Which of the following statistical tests should the student use to analyze the data collected?

Answer 27

single-sample t test since one of the means is a known average

Question 28

What is the aim of interventions in structural family therapy?

Answer 28

create stress in order to unbalance the family's homeostasis.

Question 29

From the perspective of traditional psychoanalysis, transference is:

Answer 29

a form of resistance

Question 30

job analysis

Answer 30

systematic process of determining unique aspects of a job in terms of required responsibilities, activities, and skills

Question 31

job evaluation

Answer 31

used to establish comparable worth can be part of a job analysis

Question 32

circular questioning

Answer 32

systemic family therapy used to help family members identify similarities and differences in their perceptions about events and relationships.

Question 33

co-dependent person to an addict

Answer 33

people who support/enables any addictive behaviors in another person

Question 34

Effects of ketamine

Answer 34

schizophrenia-like symptoms such as hallucinations, out-of-body experiences, negative symptomatology, and cognitive deficits

Question 35

akinesia

Answer 35

reduction or absence of spontaneous movement seen in Parkinson's negative symptom

Question 36

What symptoms are most likely in a person in year 4-5 of Alzheimers?

Answer 36

impairments in recent and remote memory, delusions, fluent aphasia, and restlessness.

Question 37

Fishbein's expectancy-value theory

Answer 37

motivation for a given behavior or action is determined by two factors: 1) expectancy - how probable it is that a wanted outcome is achieved through the behavior or action 2) value - how much the individual values the desired outcome

Question 38

Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS)

Answer 38

present raters with specific behavioral statements related to different levels of job performance requires raters to indicate the kinds of behaviors they would expect of ratees rather than the behaviors that they have actually observed

Question 39

time criteria for binge eating disorder

Answer 39

once a week for at least three months

Question 40

How does Erikson's stages match up with Freud's stages of development

Answer 40

1. Trust v Mistrust & 1. Oral 2. Autonomy v S/D & 2. Anal 3. Initiative v Guilt & 3. Phallic 4. Indust v Inferior & 4. Latency 5. Identity v RC & 5. Genital

Question 41

Tiedeman and O'Hara career development

Answer 41

involves building a vocational identity that combines a career with one's individuality involves both becoming part of a career field (integration) and retaining one's uniqueness (differentiation)

Question 42

Gilligan's theory of moral development

Answer 42

1. care for self 2. care for others 3. care for everyone including self

Question 43

Sexuality and aging

Answer 43

-Positive attitudes and having a satisfying relationship are strongly associated with greater frequency of sexual behavior of both men and women throughout late adulthood. -Psychosocial factors are more strongly associated with sexual behavior in late life than biological factors. -There appears to be an age effect for both men and women.

Question 44

Prolonged stress can cause damage in which area of the brain?

Answer 44

Hippocampus

Question 45

When a test's reliability coefficient is equal to 0, the standard error of measurement for the test is:

Answer 45

Equal to the test's SD

Question 46

Differential reinforcement

Answer 46

works to reinforce a target behavior while withholding reinforcement from an unwanted behavior

Question 47

Adler

Answer 47

Adler believed that people are motivated primarily by an innate social interest and that a primary goal in life is to act in ways that fulfill social responsibilities.

Question 48

Belief bias

Answer 48

when an individual is influenced by one's knowledge about the world in evaluating conclusions and to accept them as true because they are believable rather than logical

Question 49

The development of sensitivity to depth perception cues in infants emerges in which of the following sequence:

Answer 49

Kinetic, binocular, pictorial

Question 50

According to Kohlberg, what causes shifts in moral development?

Answer 50

Changes in cognitive skills and social perspective-taking