LSP Study Guide 2026
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📋 LSP Exam Format at a Glance
📚 LSP Topics to Study (71)
✍️ Sample LSP Questions & Answers
1. Which atypical antipsychotic is associated with the highest risk of agranulocytosis and requires enrollment in a mandatory monitoring program?
Clozapine carries a significant risk of agranulocytosis (a dangerous drop in white blood cells), requiring mandatory regular blood count monitoring through the FDA REMS program.
2. Carl Rogers' person-centered therapy emphasizes which three core therapeutic conditions?
Rogers identified unconditional positive regard, accurate empathic understanding, and therapist congruence as the necessary and sufficient conditions for therapeutic change.
3. Attachment theory, developed by John Bowlby, proposes that infants form attachments primarily because:
Bowlby's evolutionary-based theory holds that attachment is an innate behavioral system that promotes proximity to caregivers as a survival mechanism.
4. Which model describes the stages through which individuals develop a positive racial/ethnic identity, moving from unawareness to internalization?
The R/CID model by Sue and Sue outlines stages from Conformity through Dissonance, Resistance, Introspection, to Integrative Awareness.
5. A psychologist practicing telehealth is contacted by a potential client residing in a state where the psychologist is not licensed. Ethically and legally, the psychologist should:
Telehealth services are generally regulated by the state where the client is located; practicing without licensure in that state constitutes unlicensed practice, regardless of where the psychologist is physically located.
6. During a neuropsychological evaluation, the Trail Making Test Part B primarily assesses which cognitive domain?
Trail Making Test Part B requires alternating between numbers and letters, making it a sensitive measure of cognitive flexibility and executive set-shifting.