EPPP domains: the integrated blueprint explained

The integrated EPPP, the exam every first-time candidate takes from fall 2027, is built on a blueprint ASPPB announced on February 11, 2026. It has three levels: six domains, each with a share of the exam; 23 competencies under them; and 77 numbered statements of the knowledge and skills each competency covers. The beta test in March and April 2027 uses the same blueprint. This guide walks through it domain by domain, shows how it is built and how it compares with today's Part 1 and Part 2, and turns it into a way to plan your study.

The short answer

• Six domains. Scientific Orientation to Practice (15%), Assessment (20%), Intervention (20%), Consultation and Supervision (10%), Interpersonal Relationships (15%), and Ethical and Professional Practice (20%).
• 23 competencies, three to five in each domain, each a sentence beginning with a verb: "Demonstrate knowledge of…", "Administer, score, and interpret…", "Plan and implement…".
• 77 knowledge and skill statements, numbered like 2.C.1, from 10 in Interpersonal Relationships to 16 each in Assessment and Intervention.
• Knowledge, then its use. Seven competencies begin "Demonstrate knowledge"; the other 16 ask you to apply what you know, in research, assessment, treatment, consultation, supervision, relationships and ethics.
• One blueprint for the beta and the exam. "The blueprint for the EPPP Beta Test, which is the same for the integrated EPPP, is available on the ASPPB website."
• Today's exams keep their own outlines. Part 1 and Part 2, taken until the launch and retaken until March 31, 2028, "will use their respective blueprints as published."

Where the blueprint lives

ASPPB publishes the blueprint on its website, on the page titled Future EPPP Content Areas, under the heading "Content Specifications for the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)® Operational in Fall of 2027 and Forward". ASPPB's FAQ points candidates to it: "The blueprint is available on the ASPPB website under Future EPPP Content Areas."

It is the first thing ASPPB tells candidates to use. "ASPPB recommends that candidates use the integrated EPPP blueprint, sample examination, and Candidate Handbook as primary resources when preparing for both the EPPP Beta Test and the integrated EPPP." The blueprint, in ASPPB's words, "outlines the domains, competencies, knowledge, and skills the examination assesses."

It comes from a survey of practicing psychologists. "A Job Task Analysis was undertaken in 2025 to develop the blueprint for this new integrated licensing examination. Based on input from almost 3,000 licensed psychologists in the United States and Canada, the resulting blueprint serves as the basis for an integrated competency examination". ASPPB announced it on February 11, 2026.

How the blueprint is built

Each domain opens with a short paragraph describing it, then lists its competencies, lettered A to E, and under each competency its knowledge and skill statements, numbered. So 2.C is the third competency of the Assessment domain, and 2.C.1 is the first statement under it. Many statements end with examples in parentheses, introduced by "e.g.": they show what a statement reaches, and as examples they are not a complete list.

Consultation and Supervision has five competencies, Interpersonal Relationships and Ethical and Professional Practice three each, and the other three domains four. Their statements:

Two things in the table are easy to miss. The number of statements does not follow the share: Consultation and Supervision, the smallest domain at 10%, has five competencies and 13 statements, more than Ethical and Professional Practice at 20%. And ASPPB gives weights to domains only, not to competencies or statements, so a long domain in the outline is not a heavier one on the exam.

Domain 1: Scientific Orientation to Practice (15%)

"This competency domain involves an orientation to the application of knowledge developed through the science of psychology." It covers "research design, statistical analysis, and psychometrics", reading published research critically, and "sharing psychological knowledge in an unbiased manner with diverse groups within professional settings."

Its four competencies:

• 1.A. "Demonstrate knowledge of the core areas of psychology and psychopathology"
• 1.B. "Demonstrate knowledge of research methods, statistics, and analysis"
• 1.C. "Critically evaluate and apply research findings"
• 1.D. "Disseminate and communicate psychological knowledge in accordance with scientific principles"

1.A is where the foundations of psychology live: its five statements are biological bases of behavior, cognitive-affective bases, social and cultural bases, development across the lifespan, and psychopathology. Its examples range from "genetics, neurobiology, psychopharmacology, brain imaging" to "intelligence, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, cognition". 1.B's examples name the statistics you would expect, "power, effect size, causation vs. association, clinical vs. statistical significance", and 1.C asks you to judge research, including its "researcher positionality".

Domain 2: Assessment (20%)

"This competency domain requires knowledge of psychometric principles and application of this knowledge to the provision of psychological assessment services to the public, including differential diagnosis, application of assessment methods, and communicating results."

• 2.A. "Demonstrate knowledge of psychometric principles and assessment methods"
• 2.B. "Integrate client characteristics (e.g., diversity factors) when conducting assessments, differentially diagnosing, and providing feedback and recommendations"
• 2.C. "Administer, score, and interpret instruments, and synthesize findings across assessment methods, consistent with current guidelines and research"
• 2.D. "Formulate and communicate diagnoses, recommendations, and professional opinions considering all relevant findings and criteria"

Assessment has the most statements of any domain, 16, tied with Intervention. They run from the theory of tests, "reliability, validity, sensitivity, specificity, test fairness, bias", through choosing and adapting methods, including "telepsychology", to interpreting results with "base rates, group differences, cultural biases and differences, heuristics" in mind. Diagnosis has its own statement, "Use current taxonomies to determine diagnoses", and the blueprint names no single manual for it.

Domain 3: Intervention (20%)

"This competency domain requires knowledge of treatment, intervention, and prevention, and application of this knowledge to plan, implement, and adapt psychological treatment, intervention, and prevention services to the public."

• 3.A. "Demonstrate knowledge of treatment, intervention, and prevention"
• 3.B. "Plan and implement interventions based on assessment findings, research evidence, context, or the intersection of different systems (e.g., individual, groups, community, societal)"
• 3.C. "Adapt and/or change treatments/interventions based on assessment findings, research evidence, context, or the intersection of different systems (e.g., individual, groups, community, societal)"
• 3.D. "Plan and implement prevention strategies based on assessment findings, research evidence, context, or the intersection of different systems (e.g., individual, groups, community, societal)"

The domain follows treatment through its course: choosing it, planning it to "meet the goals (e.g., positive change, symptom reduction, crisis stabilization, quality of life)" of the people involved, monitoring it, changing it, and evaluating outcomes. Prevention gets a competency of its own, 3.D, with five statements, and technology appears in 3.A.3, "Technologies in providing psychological services (e.g., telepsychology, digital therapeutics)".

Domain 4: Consultation and Supervision (10%)

"This competency domain requires knowledge of consultation and supervision and application of this knowledge to work effectively and ethically both (a) within organizations and systems, and (b) in providing supervision to students, trainees, and other professionals."

• 4.A. "Demonstrate knowledge required for consultation and supervision"
• 4.B. "Provide consultation to individuals, organizations, and systems"
• 4.C. "Evaluate services or programs across a variety of contexts"
• 4.D. "Ensure supervisee awareness of, and compliance with, requirements and procedures of the setting, the profession, and the jurisdiction"
• 4.E. "Monitor, evaluate, and communicate performance to the supervisee"

This is the smallest domain by share and the largest by competencies. Two of its five are about the supervisor's duties, from a supervision plan covering "managing high-risk situations, record keeping, areas of competence" to making sure "that supervisees practice within their current level of training and within their own and the supervisor's areas of competence". Evaluating services and programs, 4.C, sits here too, and 4.A.3 names the evaluation techniques of consultation and supervision: "needs assessment, outcome evaluation, formative and summative evaluation".

Domain 5: Interpersonal Relationships (15%)

"This competency domain requires knowledge of factors affecting interpersonal relationships and application of this knowledge to (a) engage in ongoing, meaningful, and helpful professional relationships, (b) understand and interact appropriately in a variety of diverse cultural and social contexts, and (c) be self-reflective and receive feedback from others."

• 5.A. "Demonstrate knowledge of factors affecting interpersonal relationships"
• 5.B. "Use professional and evidence-based guidelines, observation, feedback, and active self-reflection to influence interpersonal interactions"
• 5.C. "Interact with diverse clients, supervisees, peers, communities, interprofessional teams, and other stakeholders"

Of today's two exams, Part 2's "Relational competence" domain is the closer match; Part 1 has no content area by that name. The domain's statements ask about "Interpersonal dynamics (e.g., attraction, aggression, organizational justice, verbal and non-verbal communication, Internet communication, empathy, power differential)", about "Identity, diversity, and intersectionality", and about the psychologist's own self-reflection and conduct, including when to "Consult with others to examine and address one's reactions and behaviors in relation to others".

Domain 6: Ethical and Professional Practice (20%)

"This competency domain requires knowledge of ethical codes and professional standards, the laws and regulations that govern its practice, and application of this knowledge to (a) professional practice and (b) the scope and limit of one's own competence."

• 6.A. "Demonstrate knowledge of ethical and professional issues"
• 6.B. "Integrate and apply ethical and legal principles in all professional interactions"
• 6.C. "Evaluate, identify, and act within the limits of one's competence and professional practice"

This is the domain that names documents. Its first statement is "Current ethical principles and codes for psychologists (American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological Association)", and its second "Professional standards and relevant guidelines for the practice of psychology (e.g., Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, telepsychology guidelines)". 6.B carries the daily ethics of practice, with examples such as "informed consent, confidentiality, record keeping, multiple roles, use of technology", and conflicts between law and ethics such as "court order, mandated reporting, billing practices". 6.C is about knowing the limits of your competence and acting on them. Our guide to the APA and CPA codes compares the two codes the first statement names.

Knowledge, and what you do with it

Read the competencies' first words and a pattern appears. In every domain the first competency begins "Demonstrate knowledge", and Scientific Orientation to Practice has a second, for research methods. That makes seven knowledge competencies, holding 22 of the 77 statements by our count. The other 16 competencies, with 55 statements, begin with what a psychologist does: evaluate, disseminate, integrate, administer, formulate, plan, adapt, provide, ensure, monitor, use, interact.

That fits what ASPPB says the exam is for. Its FAQ calls the integrated EPPP an exam that assesses "the competencies required for entry-level independent practice in psychology, including both knowledge and the application of that knowledge." For study, it means recall alone covers less than a third of the outline's statements. The rest ask you to apply it.

How it compares with today's Part 1 and Part 2

Today's Part 1 "covers eight content areas", and Part 2 "covers six domains". Set side by side, four of Part 1's content areas reappear by name in the first domain, and the six domains resemble Part 2's. This is our reading of the three outlines, not a mapping ASPPB has published.

Part 2's six domains are "Scientific orientation", "Assessment and intervention", "Relational competence", "Professionalism", "Ethical practice", and "Collaboration, consultation, and supervision". The integrated EPPP's six read like them, with assessment and intervention split into two domains and professionalism and ethics joined in one. Interpersonal Relationships is the domain with the least in common with Part 1's content areas.

What the blueprint does not tell you

• Weights below the domain. ASPPB weights domains, not competencies or statements.
• How many questions per domain. It gives shares. On 175 scored questions, our arithmetic gives about 35 for each 20% domain, about 26 for each 15% domain, and about 17 or 18 for Consultation and Supervision. EPPP exam format and scoring has the rest of the exam's numbers.
• Which item types test which statements. ASPPB lists four item types for the exam, from "Traditional multiple-choice questions with three or four response options" to "Questions based on multimedia content, such as audio or video materials", without tying them to domains.
• A reading list. The blueprint names the APA and CPA codes, the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing and telepsychology guidelines, and otherwise names no books or manuals.

Using the blueprint to plan your study

1. Start from the shares. Three domains at 20% carry 60% of the exam. Give your time in roughly that proportion, then adjust for what you already know.
2. Read every statement once, early. The 77 statements are short. Mark each one you could not explain to a colleague; that list is what you study first.
3. Study the knowledge, then its use. For each "Demonstrate knowledge" statement you learn, find the competencies in the same domain that apply it, and ask how a case would test it.
4. Do not skip the small domain. Consultation and Supervision is 10%, about 17 or 18 scored questions, and has 13 statements, more than some larger domains.
5. Take ASPPB's sample exam. It is "Developed using the same blueprint and test development processes as the operational integrated EPPP".

For the dates of the change, see EPPP changes 2027; for registering, EPPP eligibility and registration; for the weeks and hours a plan takes, how to study for the EPPP.

The checklist on this page puts the blueprint in one PDF: every domain with its share and the lessons under it, a box to tick for each. QualExam's EPPP course is built on the same blueprint. Its 85 lessons cover all 77 statements, each lesson mapped to the statements it teaches and each with its practice questions and flashcards.