EPPP DIAGNOSIS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY EXAM

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EPPP DIAGNOSIS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY EXAM

NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM 2 VERSIONS (VERSION

A AND B) WITH 400 ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND

CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS| ALREADY GRADED A+

Which of the following neurotransmitters has been implicated in both long- term potentiation and the "excitotoxicity" that is believed to underlie several neurodegenerative disorders?

• serotonin
• acetylcholine
• norepinephrine
• glutamate - Correct Answer - d) glutamate

Which of the following is not categorized as an anxiety disorder in the

DSM-5?

• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• separation anxiety disorder
• panic disorder
• agoraphobia - Correct Answer - a) obsessive-compulsive disorder

Sedation (drowsiness) is most likely to be a side effect of which of the following antidepressants?

a) Prozac

b) Wellbutrin 1 / 4

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c) Zoloft

d) Pamelor - Correct Answer - d) Pamelor

According to Hans Selye, the body's reaction to sustained stress can be

described in terms of three phases. These phases, in order, are:

• arousal, readiness, fight or flight
• alarm, resistance, fight or flight
• arousal, readiness, exhaustion
• alarm, resistance, exhaustion - Correct Answer - d) alarm, resistance,

exhaustion

Left-right confusion is most likely to be caused by a lesion in the:

• corpus callosum
• basal forebrain
• left parietal region
• right occipital region - Correct Answer - c) left parietal region

The notion that there are three major life tasks- friendship, occupation, and

love- is MOST consistent with the philosophy of:

a) Perls

b) Berne

c) Rogers

d) Adler - Correct Answer - d) Adler

You would use which of the following to estimate what a predictor's criterion-related validity coefficient would be if the predictor and/or criterion had a reliability coefficient of 1.0? 2 / 4

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• spearman-brown prophecy formula
• correction for attenuation formula
• coefficient of concordance

d) Kuder Richardson formula 20 - Correct Answer - b) correction for

attenuation formula

Participants in a research study are asked to tap with a finger to keep time with a metronome. After several taps, the metronome is turned off and participants are asked to continue with the same beat. Participants with damage to which of the following areas of the brain will have the most difficulty with this task?

• cerebellum
• suprachiasmatic nucleus
• cortex
• hippocampus - Correct Answer - a) cerebellum

The neurotransmitter glutamate is believed to be responsible for:

• the effects of alcohol on cognitive abilities
• the increased sociability that sometimes accompanies alcohol use
• alcohol cravings in alcohol abusers
• dietary changes associated with chronic alcohol use - Correct Answer -
• the effects of alcohol on cognitive abilities

Quality assurance is least concerned with:

• cost-effectiveness of services
• availability of services
• client satisfaction with services 3 / 4

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• the outcomes of services - Correct Answer - a) cost-effectiveness of

services

As described by Mildred Parten, children's social play includes all of the

following types of play except:

• onlooker
• associative
• parallel
• cooperative - Correct Answer - a) onlooker

The stages of change (transtheoretical) model identify two factors as the primary predictors of successful transition from one stage to the next.

These are:

• perceived self-efficacy and decisional balance
• locus of control and level of commitment
• motivation and persuasibility
• outcome expectancies and outcome value - Correct Answer - a)

perceived self-efficacy and decisional balance

Children normally begin to talk somewhere around their first birthday.Studies investigating the nature of a child's language development have

shown that a large proportion of a child's first words refer to:

• objects that the child wants
• objects that the child can hold
• objects that are static and invariable
• objects that move or change - Correct Answer - d) objects that move or

change

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