EPPP Secrets Study Guide: EPPP Exam Review for the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology

***Includes Practice Test Questions***

Get the test prep help you need to become a licensed psychologist.

The EPPP Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. EPPP Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the EPPP exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the EPPP Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

EPPP Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A thorough review for the Exam for Professional Practice in Psychology
• A breakdown of biological bases of behavior
• An analysis of cognitive-affective bases of behavior
• An examination of social and cultural bases of behavior
• A guide to growth and lifespan development
• An in-depth look at assessment and diagnosis
• A breakdown of treatment, intervention, prevention, and supervision
• An analysis of research methods and statistics
• An examination of ethical, legal, and professional issues
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Biological Bases of Behavior section covers:

• Sensation and perception
• Brain processing
• Mental and mood disorders
• Alzheimer's disease
• Depressants, Stimulants, Hallucinogens

The Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior section covers:

• Chronic stress
• Attention
• Habituation and sensitization
• Classical conditioning
• Behavioral, cognitive, and social learning theories

The Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior section covers:

• Sociocultural factor of gender
• Cultural factors influence
• Attribution theory
• Computer technology
• Perceptions of personalities and character traits

The Growth and Lifespan Development section covers:

• Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory
• Five-factor taxonomy of personality traits
• Big five personality traits or dispositions
• Gender socioemotional development
• Behavioral theory

The Assessment and Diagnosis section covers:

• Psychometrics
• Naturalistic observation vs. artificial observation
• Assessment reliability
• Personality tests
• Suicide risk evaluation

The Treatment, Intervention, Prevention, and Supervision section covers:

• Mental illness and substance abuse
• Immunological treatments for drug abuse
• CRT for eating disorders
• Behavioral theory approach to psychotherapeutic treatment
• CBT characteristics

The Research Methods and Statistics section covers:

• Scientific method
• Causation and correlation
• Naturalistic observation
• Case Study
• Construct validity and discriminant validity

The Ethical/ Legal/ Professional Issues section covers:

• APA's Ethical Principles
• Standard 1: Resolving Ethical Issues

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the EPPP Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.