  The effects of the correlations in the ground state of $^{16}$O on the
octupole and dipole excitations are studied using the extended random phase
approximation (ERPA) derived from the time-dependent density-matrix theory. It
is found that the ground-state correlation effects are significant especially
in the octupole excitation. It is shown that the first $3^-$ state calculated
in the random phase approximation (RPA) is shifted upward when the self-energy
contributions are included in particle - hole pairs. The coupling to the two
particle - two hole states plays a role in shifting the first $3^-$ state down
to the right position. It is also found that the dipole strength is fragmented
due to the partial occupation of the single-particle states and that the peak
position of the giant dipole resonance calculated in ERPA is little changed
from that in RPA due to the above-mentioned competing effects: the increase in
particle - hole energy and the coupling to two particle - two hole
configurations.
