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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?
Dependent variable
Subject
Conception
Gene
2. When is anoxia a problem in births?
Rh positive
Divergent thinking
Long labors or birth complications
Pupil
3. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'
Endocrine system
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Daydreaming
10
4. Which lobe is related to body sensations?
Self-report data
Mean
Smell
Parietal lobe
5. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?
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6. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase
Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying
Lewis Terman
First trimester
Stage 1
7. What is: a person's attraction to other people?
Denial (Shock)
Sexual orientation
Three
Informed consent
8. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
9. Categories of old age: 65-74
Echolalia
Young-old
Survey
Negative reinforcer
10. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior
If the mom and child have different blood types - the mom's cells can attack the baby.
Behaviorism
Cognitive improvement
Gerontology
11. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
Cut in half
Stage 1
Lewis Terman
12. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Cross-modal perception
Median
Selective
13. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?
None!!
Conceive at younger ages
Dependent variable
Zone of Proximal Development
14. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding
Diaphragm
Equilibrium
Autonomic Nervous System
Stage 2
15. The study of the aging process
Gerontology
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Cellular Theory
Olfactory epithelium
16. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.
Psychoanalytic theory
John Watson
Cross-modal perception
Humanistic
17. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?
Self-esteem
As they age
No
William James
18. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge
Avoid punishment
Homosexual
Osteoporosis
Developmental norm
19. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?
1 in 14 -000
Rationalization
Infant
2
20. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?
Hypothalamus
Adolescent
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Esteem needs
21. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?
In vitro fertilization
1 & 2
Condom
Contextual
22. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'
Ego
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Young Adult
Acceptance
23. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?
Condom
Ethics
Absolute threshold
Outer ear
24. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?
Gender roles
Skin appearance - 'age spots' - hair
Gender role stereotypes
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
25. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?
Cerebral anoxia
Genetic Mutation
Dura mater
Operation
26. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die
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27. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Psychoanalytic theory
Oral contraceptives
In vitro fertilization
28. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?
Functionalism
The cerebrum
Frontal lobe
Rite of Passage
29. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?
Toddler
Conservation
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Visual cliff
30. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?
School-age Child
Hospice
Pia mater
Teratogens
31. How is ADHD diagnosed?
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Abortion
Medicated delivery
As soon as the bell was rung
32. What are the four lobes of the brain?
5
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
Heterosexual
Creative
33. What is: attraction to both sexes?
B.F. Skinner
Bisexual
10-14 months
Cut in half
34. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?
Stillbirth
Emotional neglect
10
12+
35. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?
12+
Negative reinforcer
Self-esteem
Three percent
36. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.
Super Ego
Phonemes
Explicit role instruction
Autism
37. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Amplitude
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
Breast-feeding
38. Third development of language
Operant Conditioning
Belonging and love
Hollow phrases
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
39. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter
Classical conditioning
Physical needs
Self-actualization
Six months
40. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?
Anger (Emotion)
Class inclusion
Short attention span
If the mom and child have different blood types - the mom's cells can attack the baby.
41. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
12+
Morphemes
Ivan Pavlov
Id
42. How was the visual cliff study conducted?
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43. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.
Autoimmune Theory
Increase
10
Reaction Formation
44. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?
RU-486
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Sigmund Freud
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
45. Putting disabled students w/ normal students
Deferred imitation
Mainstreaming
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Gender identity
46. Categories of old age: 85+
Habituation
99%
Negative Correlation
Old-old
47. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?
Reaction Formation
Self-concept
4
Homosexual
48. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?
Lens
90%
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Resilient child
49. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?
Ego
True
Cerebral palsy
Celibacy
50. What is the term for fraternal twins?
Sterilization
Absolute threshold
Dizygotic twins
Phonemes
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