[CogSci] Call for Volunteers: Writing MC Questions for the EPPP1

[Peter X Graf]

The Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB), an
organization comprised of all the psychology licensing boards in the United
States and Canada,* is seeking volunteers with expertise and experience in
writing multiple-choice (MC) test items/questions* for the Examination for
Professional Practice in Psychology Part 1 – Knowledge (EPPP-1).

Item writers are the people who write the MC items that are on the EPPP-1.

Writers are selected for their expertise and experience, to represent
geographic, work, demographic, cultural, and professional diversities.
Writers are professors, researchers, psychologists in practice, etc. Early
career psychologists are encouraged to apply because they represent the
largest portion of those for whom the EPPP-1 is intended.

Item writers are professionals working in one or more of the knowledge
domains that are assessed by the EPPP-1. The domains are: 1. Biological
Bases of Behavior; 2 Cognitve-Affective Bases of Behavior; 3. Social and
Cultural Bases of Behavior; 4. Growth and Lifespan Development; 5.
Assessment and Diagnosis; 6. Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention and
Supervision; 7. Research Methods and Statistics; 8.
Ethical/Legal/Professional Issues

*This call is for volunteers with expertise and exprience in Domain 1*
which covers the following specific content areas:

·         Functional correlates and determinants of the neurobiological and
genetic bases of behavior pertaining to perception, cognition, personality,
and mood and affect in normal, acute and chronic neurobehavioral disease
processes and disease comorbidities;

·         Drug classification, mechanisms of action, and desired/adverse
effects of therapeutic agents, drugs of abuse, and complementary or
alternative agents;

·         Results from major trials and general guidelines for
pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, and combined treatment of psychological
disorders;

·         Behavioral genetics, transmission and expression of genetic
information and its modification, and the role and limitations of this
information in understanding disorders;

·         Applications of structural and functional brain imaging methods,
electrophysiological methods, therapeutic drug monitoring methods, and
genetic screening methodologies, and the evidence for their effectiveness

Item writers meet once each year -- usually in the Spring, at the ASPPB
office in Tyrone GA -- for a 2-day item writing workshop. Each writer
drafts 10-15 new items prior to the workshop, and at the workshop, these
items are reviewed and revised -- tweaked in a group session with
item-writer colleagues from the same knowledge domain. For the item writing
workshop, the ASPPB covers travel and accommodation costs.

If you are interested in becoming an EPPP1 item writer for Domain 1, please
send a brief note and a *copy of your current CV* to *asppb.eppp1 at gmail.com
<asppb.eppp1 at gmail.com>*. Your note will come to me, Peter Graf, Chair of
the EPPP1 Item Writing Committee (IDC).

Item writers are vetted by me as the Chair of the IDC, in collaboration
with the chair of the knowledge domain (each domain has between 3 and 7
writers, plus a chair) and with Hao Song, the ASBBC Associate Executive
Officer of Examination Services.

Please forward this message to any individuals who you think may be
interested in volunteering to write items for the EPPP-1.

Thank you for reading this note.

 Peter Graf

Chair EPPP1 IDC
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