Procedures for the Comprehensive Examination
General Psychology and Clinical Psychology graduate students are allowed two hours for the multiple- choice section of the exam, and two hours for the essay questions. There are 100 items (questions) on the multiple-choice portion of the exam. One essay question will focus on legal and ethical issues of psychology. The second essay question will be determined by the track (general or clinical) that the student is pursuing. [...]
General Psychology – During the Comprehensive Exam, the percentage of the multiple-choice questions for students in General Psychology, is as follows:
Domain 1 – Biological Bases of Behavior (25%), knowledge of: biological and neural bases of behavior psychopharmacology methodologies supporting this body of knowledge
Domain 3 – Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior (25%), knowledge of: interpersonal, intrapersonal, intergroup, and intragroup processes and dynamics theories of personality diversity issues.
Domain 4 – Growth and Lifespan Development (25%), knowledge of: development across the full life span atypical patterns of development the protective and risk factors that influence development trajectories of individuals.
Domain 7 – Research methods and Statistics (25%), knowledge of: research design, methodology, and program evaluation instrument selection and validation statistical models, assumptions, and procedures dissemination methods.
Please see more in the Graduate Catalog, pp. 43-44.
- Teacher: Ilie Vasilescu