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Also known as the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology, the EPPP is required for licensure in all states and provinces. It is a computerized written examination designed to test 8 major content areas (each comprising 8-15% of the entire exam) that are seen by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) as "foundational to the competent practice of psychology." The exam has 225 multiple choice questions with four answers each and no penalty for incorrect answers. As of Aug 2011, only 175 of those questions will contribute to your score (previously 200 of those items were scored). The rest are pretest items for validity testing. The scores for this test are scaled from 200-800 just like all the other major scholastic tests of life, i.e. the SAT and GRE. In most jurisdictions a score of 500 or more is passing, and that is also the ASPPB recommended passing score.
But wait there's more! In addition to passing the EPPP, all states require a certain amount of supervised experience. Frankly, I'm still quite confused about how many states allow for some of these hours to be before your doctoral degree is conferred. In general, I am under the impression that most states only allow you to count hours after you have received your doctorate, which would mean not counting any of your hundreds of practicum hours during graduate school, nor your thousand or more hours during internship. The general standard for supervised experience seems to be around 1500 to 2000, though some jurisdictions may require up to 4000-6000 hours. However, things in this arena may be changing, as the Commission on Education and Training Leading to Licensure recently recommended two years of experience (equivalent to around 2000 hours) as sufficient preparation for licensure, allowing for one or possibly both of those years to be before receiving a doctoral degree.
Furthermore, many states require additional exams. The possibilities include an oral exam, a jurisprudence exam, and ethics or other exams. These vary widely by jurisdiction, and anyone seeking licensure would be well advised to look up the specific requirements per state of choice.
After all of these requirements have been successfully navigated, you will apply for licensure in a given state. This process entails filling out an application and having credentials and transcripts and records of hours all sent to the licensing board of said state, as well as an application fee, of course. Then you will be a Psychologist. Not a clinical psychologist or a counseling psychologist or an industrial organizational psychologist, everyone gets the same title: Psychologist.
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Coming soon: Certification Above and Beyond: Options for Overachievers
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Also known as the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology, the EPPP is required for licensure in all states and provinces. It is a computerized written examination designed to test 8 major content areas (each comprising 8-15% of the entire exam) that are seen by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) as "foundational to the competent practice of psychology." The exam has 225 multiple choice questions with four answers each and no penalty for incorrect answers. As of Aug 2011, only 175 of those questions will contribute to your score (previously 200 of those items were scored). The rest are pretest items for validity testing. The scores for this test are scaled from 200-800 just like all the other major scholastic tests of life, i.e. the SAT and GRE. In most jurisdictions a score of 500 or more is passing, and that is also the ASPPB recommended passing score.
But wait there's more! In addition to passing the EPPP, all states require a certain amount of supervised experience. Frankly, I'm still quite confused about how many states allow for some of these hours to be before your doctoral degree is conferred. In general, I am under the impression that most states only allow you to count hours after you have received your doctorate, which would mean not counting any of your hundreds of practicum hours during graduate school, nor your thousand or more hours during internship. The general standard for supervised experience seems to be around 1500 to 2000, though some jurisdictions may require up to 4000-6000 hours. However, things in this arena may be changing, as the Commission on Education and Training Leading to Licensure recently recommended two years of experience (equivalent to around 2000 hours) as sufficient preparation for licensure, allowing for one or possibly both of those years to be before receiving a doctoral degree.
Furthermore, many states require additional exams. The possibilities include an oral exam, a jurisprudence exam, and ethics or other exams. These vary widely by jurisdiction, and anyone seeking licensure would be well advised to look up the specific requirements per state of choice.
After all of these requirements have been successfully navigated, you will apply for licensure in a given state. This process entails filling out an application and having credentials and transcripts and records of hours all sent to the licensing board of said state, as well as an application fee, of course. Then you will be a Psychologist. Not a clinical psychologist or a counseling psychologist or an industrial organizational psychologist, everyone gets the same title: Psychologist.
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Coming soon: Certification Above and Beyond: Options for Overachievers
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