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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?
Placebo effect
Equilibrium
Hospice
Organ of corti
2. The process of unassociating the condition with the response
Syphillis and rubella
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Extinction
Gene
3. How much is hearing developed in neonates?
Mostly developed by the time of birth
Critical period
23 pairs
Sterilization
4. Where are genes carried?
Stage 1
Stillbirth
Cross-modal perception
On chromosomes
5. A baby repeating what you just said
Placebo effect
Personality
Echolalia
Sublimation
6. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?
Dialectical perspective
Organ of corti
Osteoporosis
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
7. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time
Quantitative
Middle ear
Frequency
Lewis Terman
8. Rogers and Maslow are both:
Pupil
Operant conditioning
Cross Sectional Study
Humanistic Theorists
9. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?
Heterosexual
Convergent thinking
Put babies on their backs to sleep - and not have anything extra (toys - pillows etc) in the bed or crib.
5
10. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?
Psychological Tests
Correlation Research
Crystallized intelligence
Divergent thinkers
11. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?
Kohlberg
Mental health
Valid
Depth perception
12. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?
Hippocampus
Condom
Set high standards - assist along the way
Natural prepared childbirth
13. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers
The Premack Principle
Cerebral palsy
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Elaboration
14. What is: relating new information to something familiar
Elaboration
Smell
Gradually through shaping
Young-old
15. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?
Sympathetic nervous system
Naturalistic observation
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
The meanlinkk of utterance (how long their sentences are)
16. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior
Free morpheme
Rationalization
Alfred Binet
Subject
17. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)
Psychological maltreatment
Preschooler
Endocrine system
No correlation
18. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?
Autonomic Nervous System
Cut in half
Gestalt psychology
90%
19. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?
Obstetrician-gynecologist
Accommodation
Selera
Sterilization
20. Who thought of the mind as a stream of consciousness--a flow of emotions - sensations and thoughts?
Preparatory Depression
Self-actualization
The brain/the cerebral cortex
William James
21. Fourth development of language
Telegraphic speech
Infant
Classical conditioning
5
22. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o
Ego
Operant Conditioning
Correlation Research
Hypothalamus
23. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age
Organ of corti
Corpus callosum
Genetic Mutation
Clinical psychologist
24. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Homophobia
Jean Piaget
25. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?
Full (46)
Proximodistal
Correlation coefficient
Kohlberg
26. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?
Psychometrics
Retina
Harry Harlow
Neonate
27. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)
Preconventional Morality
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Young Adult
Middle-old
28. What is the most popular method for giving birth?
Medicated delivery
Jean Piaget
Middle childhood
Echolalia
29. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?
Recognition
Personality
Six or seven months
Teratology
30. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?
Reciprocal determinism
Gene
Rods
Holophrase syntax
31. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?
Noise
Intrinsic reinforcer
As soon as the bell was rung
Stillbirth
32. What is the opening of the iris - which looks black?
Pupil
Recognition
Extinction
Crystallized intelligence
33. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
Positive Correlation
IUD
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
34. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?
Selective attention
Cognitive
Emotional health
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
35. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage
Divergent thinking
Gender
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Stage 6
36. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?
Rubella
Hypothalamus
Puberty
John Watson
37. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?
Toxic shock syndrome
First trimester
Family therapy
The brain stem
38. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
Preparatory Depression
1 & 2
90%
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
39. What is: the gland that controls release of hormones from the gonads?
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
Spermicides
Pituitary gland
Sampling
40. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior
Dialectical perspective
Deferred imitation
Safety
Behaviorism
41. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Binocular cues
Stillbirth
Ego
23 pairs
42. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?
ADHD
Dependent variable
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
Preparatory Depression
43. The negative effects of sensory deprivation (not as much attention) are more likely to _______ w/ the length of the stage.
Sexual orientation
Increase
RU-486
Iris
44. When does language development begin?
Thalamus
Occipital lobe
Six months
Resilient child
45. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?
Nature
Infertility
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Self-efficacy
46. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?
10-14 months
Longitudinal Study
They were not scientifically performed
Chomsky
47. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?
Psychoanalytical
Authoritarian
Fit in
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
48. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?
Intestate
Ageism
Proximodistal
Sampling
49. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?
Midwife
Creative
Monocular cues
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
50. Who created structuralism?
William James
Autonomic Nervous System
Breast-feeding
Wilhelm Wundt