EPPP DIAGNOSIS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY EXAM

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EPPP DIAGNOSIS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY EXAM

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The mother of a 35-year-old man says that for 5 weeks he has seemed perplexed, nervous and his tone of voice varies btwn flat and shrill. His speech is sometimes like a "word salad" and he seems to be listening to voices/sounds that she cannot hear. The

best diagnosis is:

• schizophrenia, disorganized type
• schizoid personality disorder
• schizoaffective disorder
• schizophreniform disorder - Correct Answer - d) schizophreniform disorder - similar to

Sx but duration of less than 6 months

A test is administered to 200 examinees and the distribution of raw scores are converted to percentile ranks. The number of examinees who obtain % ranks btwn 91-

95 will be:

• equal to the number of examinees who obtain percentile ranks between 51 and 55
• less than the number of examinees who obtain percentile ranks between 51 and 55
• more than the number of examinees who obtain percentile ranks between 51 and 55
• cannot be determined - Correct Answer - a) equal to the number of examinees who

obtain percentile ranks between 51 and 55 (5% in each)

When calc the F-ratio for ANOVA, which provides a measure of both treatment effects and error?

a) MST

b) MSW 1 / 4

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c) MSB

d) MSA - Correct Answer - MST= mean square total= combination of MSB (variability

due to treatment effects plus error) and MSW (variability that is only due to error)

A child who has just progresses into Kohlberg’s conventional level of marl dept. has been caught stealing from other children. Her parents should discourage the stealing

by:

• tell her that she will receive a present at the end of each week that she does not steal
• help her understand how the children she steals from feel about having their things

taken

• tell her that stealing is against the law
• have her personally return the stolen items to their owners - Correct Answer - b) help

her understand how the children she steals from feel about having their things taken - b/c she is able to put herself in the place of others

Studies have found that by ______ months of age, over 60% of infants recognize their own image in a mirror

• 21
• 18
• 15
• 12 - Correct Answer - a) 21

Children are most likely to be resilient when their parents are:

• high in warmth, structure, and expectations
• high in warmth and structure but low in expectations
• moderate in warmth, structure, and expectations
• moderate in warmth but low in structure and expectations - Correct Answer - a) high

in warmth, structure, and expectations =Authoritative parenting

Secondary reinforcers are:

• stimuli that increase a behavior through their accidental pairing with that behavior. 2 / 4

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• stimuli that gain their reinforcing value through their association with an

unconditioned reinforcer.

• high-frequency behaviors that are used to reinforce low-frequency behaviors.
• reinforcers that are removed (rather than applied) following a behavior. - Correct

Answer - b) stimuli that gain their reinforcing value through their association with an unconditioned reinforcer. (i.e. money)

Incremental validity refers to the gain in hiring effective employees by using a predictor as opposed to not using it. The most imp contributor to incremental validity is its criterion-related validity coefficient: Higher coefficient means greater validity. However, the incremental validity of a predictor is also affected by other factors and the predictor

will have the highest incremental validity when:

• the selection ratio is moderate and the base rate is high
• the selection ratio is low and the base rate is moderate
• the selection ratio is high and the base rate is moderate
• the selection ratio is moderate and the base rate is low - Correct Answer - b) the

selection ratio is low (there are lots of applicants) and the base rate is moderate (the current selection technique is moderately accurate)

Which is an example of cultural encapsulation:

• a client belonging to a minority group cannot separate problems due to individual

factors from those related to oppression

• a white male therapist doesn't recognize that he interprets clients' problems from his

own cultural worldview

• a young woman's conflict is related to her inability to separate from the values,

attitudes, and expectations of her immigrant parents

• a therapist tends to view all problems of minority clients as due to factors inherent to

the client's cultural background - Correct Answer - b) a white male therapist doesn't recognize that he interprets clients' problems from his own cultural worldview (encapsulated within his own dominant culture)

A researcher interested in the use of guided imagery on anx reduction discovers that imaging ability explains why guided imagery has + effects for only some individuals-i.e. 3 / 4

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imaging ability don't. Imaging ability is:

• mediating variable
• moderator variable
• feedback variable
• outcome variable - Correct Answer - b) moderator variable -it moderates the strength

of the relationship btwn the IV and the DVs (i.e. btwn guided imagery and anx reduction)

According to Sternberg's triarchic theory, intelligence consists of which 3 facets?

• general, broad, and specialized
• analytical, creative, and practical
• attention, processing, and planning
• general, fluid, and crystallized - Correct Answer - b) analytical, creative, and practical

Triode’s model of gay and lesbian identity dept. describes it as an ongoing process

involving 4 stages and predicts that:

• the onset of identity confusion is somewhat earlier for males but the onset of identity

assumption and identity commitment is somewhat earlier for females

• the onset of identity confusion is somewhat earlier for females, but the onset of

identity assumption and identity commitment is somewhat earlier for males

• the onset of identity confusion, identity assumption, and identity commitment is

somewhat earlier for females

• the onset of identity confusion, identity assumption, and identity commitment is

somewhat earlier for males - Correct Answer - d) the onset of identity confusion, identity assumption, and identity commitment is somewhat earlier for males

Research investigating the effectiveness of neurofeedback as a treatment for ADHD has

generally found that:

a) It is not an effective approach for most individuals with this disorder.

b) It is an effective approach and exerts its strongest impact on symptoms of inattention

and impulsivity.

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