EPPP Cognitive-Affective Bases Practice Questions
Domain 2 of ASPPB’s EPPP Part 1 · 13% of the exam, about 23 of the 175 scored questions
225 questions across all eight domains in 4 hours 15 minutes, with a score for Cognitive-Affective Bases so you know where you stand.
Free Cognitive-Affective Bases drillIn Baddeley's model of working memory, which component coordinates attention and directs the other components?
Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior on the EPPP
Cognitive-affective bases of behavior is Domain 2 of ASPPB’s specifications and 13% of the exam, about 23 of the 175 scored questions. The questions test the research-based theories of how people learn, remember, think, want and feel, and how those theories apply.
- Share of the exam
- 13% in ASPPB’s Part 1 specifications (KN6–KN13), about 23 of the 175 scored questions
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 72 Cognitive-Affective Bases questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What cognitive-affective bases questions test
- Intelligence: general and specific abilities, multiple-intelligence and triarchic models, fluid and crystallized ability (KN6)
- Learning: classical and operant conditioning, reinforcement schedules, extinction, observational learning (KN7)
- Memory: sensory, working and long-term memory, encoding and retrieval, forgetting and interference (KN8)
- Motivation and emotion: drive, arousal and self-determination theories, and the James-Lange, Cannon-Bard and two-factor theories (KN9, KN10)
- Cognition: sensation and perception, attention, language, information processing and executive function, and how beliefs, mood and behavior affect each other (KN11-KN13)
Sit the full exam under the real clock
225 questions across all eight domains in 4 hours 15 minutes, with a score for Cognitive-Affective Bases so you know where you stand.
Free Cognitive-Affective Bases drillHow to study it
- Make a table of reinforcement schedules with the response pattern and extinction resistance of each.
- Learn the memory effects by name (primacy, recency, proactive and retroactive interference, encoding specificity) with one example each.
- Compare the emotion theories by the order of arousal, appraisal and feeling.
- Take the cognitive-affective drill until you score 80% or better.
Common questions
How many cognitive-affective questions are on the EPPP?
Cognitive-affective bases of behavior is 13% of EPPP Part 1 in ASPPB’s specifications, about 23 of the 175 scored questions.
Is learning theory on the EPPP?
Yes. KN7 covers the major research-based theories, models and principles of learning and their application, which includes classical and operant conditioning.
225 questions across all eight domains in 4 hours 15 minutes, with a score for Cognitive-Affective Bases so you know where you stand.
Free Cognitive-Affective Bases drillThe other EPPP domains
- Biological Bases of Behavior
- Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior
- Growth and Lifespan Development
- Assessment and Diagnosis
- Treatment, Intervention, Prevention and Supervision
- Research Methods and Statistics
- Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues
- EPPP practice exam (225 questions, 4 hours 15 minutes)
- Mixed drill: all eight domains
- EPPP practice test: exam facts and every domain
Sources
- ASPPB: EPPP Candidate Handbook, January 2026 (PDF)
- ASPPB: Current EPPP content areas, domains and weights
- ASPPB: Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)
- ASPPB: EPPP exam types (Part 1 and Part 2)
- ASPPB: EPPP registration fees
- ASPPB: EPPP sample exams
- ASPPB: Future EPPP content areas (integrated EPPP, fall 2027)
- ASPPB: Updates on the EPPP for 2028
- ASPPB: 2025 Psychology Licensing Exam Scores by Doctoral Program (PDF)
- APA: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
Original practice questions for exam preparation, written to ASPPB’s EPPP (Part 1-Knowledge) content areas; they are not ASPPB questions. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) or the American Psychological Association. EPPP is a registered mark of ASPPB.