EPPP exam prep from the brand that's been authoring it since 1976.
The Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology is the high-stakes gate between doctoral training and licensure. AATBS - a Triad brand - has been the standard EPPP prep for nearly fifty years, used by candidates and graduate programs across all U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
EPPP, in depth.
Why AATBS keeps winning the EPPP
The Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences - AATBS - was founded in 1976 around a single product: licensure prep for the EPPP. The 50 years since have been spent doing one thing: rewriting and re-calibrating practice items against the live exam, year over year, blueprint update over blueprint update. That cumulative authoring discipline is what graduate programs and individual candidates rent when they buy an AATBS package.
The AATBS faculty roster includes Graham Taylor (founder of Taylor Study Method, now part of the Triad family), Kaynor Heineck, and a rotating bench of 30+ active instructors who teach the workshops and contribute to item authoring.
Psychometric review on every item
Every practice item AATBS ships goes through internal psychometric review - item-difficulty calibration, discrimination indexing, and bias review - before it ever reaches a candidate. When ASPPB updates the EPPP blueprint, items are re-classified and re-weighted to match. The result is a question bank that behaves like the live exam: same item difficulty curve, same domain weights, same distractor structure.
How candidates typically structure prep
The standard sequence is a diagnostic mock to identify weak domains, four to six weeks of self-study against the AATBS workbooks, a second mock at the midpoint, and then either a live workshop or focused practice in the final two weeks. Most candidates allocate 200-400 hours of study time across roughly three months. Heavy weak-domain remediation in the final fortnight is the strongest predictor of a first-attempt pass.
What the EPPP actually tests
ASPPB's EPPP Part 1 blueprint covers eight content domains, each weighted by its share of practice. AATBS prep is mapped item-by-item against the current blueprint, with every release reviewed when ASPPB updates the weightings.
Biological Bases
Neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, psychopharmacology, the physiological substrates of behavior.
Cognitive-Affective Bases
Learning, memory, perception, emotion, motivation - the experimental-psychology core.
Social and Cultural Bases
Group dynamics, attitudes, culture, identity, and the social context of behavior.
Growth and Lifespan Development
Developmental milestones, lifespan models, gerontology, atypical development.
Assessment and Diagnosis
Psychometrics, test theory, DSM-5-TR diagnosis, differential and structured assessment.
Treatment, Intervention, Prevention
Evidence-based psychotherapy modalities, prevention frameworks, treatment planning.
Research Methods and Statistics
Study design, inferential statistics, evaluation, evidence-based practice.
Ethical, Legal, Professional Issues
APA Ethics Code, state law, mandated reporting, multicultural and professional competence.
Three ways to prep, one brand family.
Self-study for the candidate who studies at 11pm. Live workshops for the cohort that wants structure. Print volumes for the learner who annotates by hand. One author team and one billing relationship across all three.
AATBS Self-Study Package
The full Academic Review integrated learning system plus AATBS workbooks and adaptive practice banks. Built for the candidate prepping at 11pm after clinical hours.
- Adaptive practice item bank
- Diagnostic and summative mock EPPPs
- On-demand video and audio modules
- Mobile-first study app
- Pass guarantee on the full program
AATBS Live EPPP Workshop
Instructor-led, multi-day virtual workshops with the AATBS faculty team. Built for candidates and graduate programs that want a structured cohort and live Q and A.
- Multi-day instructor-led virtual workshop
- Live item walkthroughs with EPPP faculty
- Recordings available for review
- Cohort scheduling around exam windows
- Best paired with a self-study package
AATBS Print Study Volumes
The original AATBS-authored EPPP study volumes - still chosen by candidates who learn better with a highlighter in hand and by graduate-program libraries.
- AATBS-authored print study guides
- Print plus digital companion access
- Volume pricing for cohort orders
- Drop-shipped to campus or office
- Updated against the published EPPP blueprint
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