EPPP Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. According to Festinger's social comparison theory, people are most likely to compare themselves to others who are: → Similar to themselves
2. Ataque de nervios, a recognized cultural idiom of distress involving uncontrollable crying, trembling, and dissociation, is most commonly reported among: → Latino/Hispanic populations, particularly Caribbean groups
3. Piaget's sensorimotor stage starts at. → birth to two years of age
4. Which of the following patterns does research show the sexes' propensities to seek out companionship to follow? → women tend to seek out companionship more than men
5. In which Piaget's phases of cognitive development occur is object persistence. → Sensorimotor
6. The monoamine hypothesis of depression primarily implicates a deficiency in which group of neurotransmitters? → Serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine
7. When a person experiences psychological discomfort from holding two conflicting beliefs simultaneously, the resulting tension is best described as: → Cognitive dissonance
8. It is common to see pre-conventional morality in... → children
9. The tendency to overestimate dispositional factors and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behavior is known as: → Fundamental attribution error
10. In the body, there are two different kinds of glandular systems. And what are they? → Endocrine and exocrine
11. Milgram's obedience experiments demonstrated that ordinary participants administered apparently dangerous electric shocks primarily because: → They were in the presence of a legitimate authority figure
12. A White therapist tells a Black client, 'You are so articulate,' intending it as a compliment. This statement is BEST described as: → A microaggression
13. The most empirically supported, first-line psychotherapeutic treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves which of the following techniques? → Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
14. Which of the following assertions regarding adolescent abuse is true? → During adolescence, females have a higher rate of being victims than boys
15. Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders. Their primary mechanism of action involves enhancing the effects of which neurotransmitter? → Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
16. Which phenomenon occurs when a cohesive group prioritizes consensus over critical evaluation, leading to poor decision-making? → Groupthink
17. Which of the following is a primary change introduced in the DSM-5-TR? → The introduction of Prolonged Grief Disorder as a new diagnosis.
18. Which theorist is most closely associated with the concept of the 'looking-glass self,' in which self-concept develops through perceived reactions of others? → Charles Cooley
19. What types of tests make up the Differential Aptitude Tests? → five tests of job-related capacities and three tests of general intellectual capacities
20. Which of the following is NOT one of the three core conditions that Carl Rogers posited as necessary for therapeutic change in Person-Centered Therapy? → Interpretation of transference
21. When we say that the brain is "plasticity," what does it mean? → It can be altered
22. In Cross's Nigrescence model of African American racial identity development, the 'encounter' stage is characterized by: → An experience that challenges the individual's previous worldview about race
23. The sensory threshold's "absolute" value is. → the lowest intensity at which a stimulus cab be perceived
24. Bandura's Bobo doll experiments provided primary evidence for which learning mechanism? → Observational learning and modeling
25. Which of the following schedules of reinforcement is known for producing a high and steady rate of response and is the most resistant to extinction? → Variable-Ratio
26. Damage to the parietal lobe of the cerebral cortex is most likely to result in deficits in which of the following areas? → Integrating sensory information and spatial awareness
27. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which of the following is an example of Protected Health Information (PHI)? → A client's diagnosis written on a billing statement sent to their insurance company.
28. A psychologist receives a subpoena for the complete clinical record of a client. The psychologist is ethically obligated to first: → Contact the client to inform them of the subpoena and discuss options.
29. A neuron's basic structural elements are as follows: → Cell body, axon, and dendrites
30. For what is Karen Horney well-known? → Cultural psychology