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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes
Jean Piaget
Permissive
Gene
Teratology
2. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
Cut in half
Authoritative
The brain/the cerebral cortex
3. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Rh positive
Binocular cues
Recognition
Middle-age Adult
4. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?
Consciousness
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Correlation Research
Behaviorism
5. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs
Constant
Modeling
Authoritarian
Ethics
6. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints
Autoimmune Theory
Stage 2
Dialectical perspective
Quantitative
7. When someone sees an incomplete form - they fill in the pieces and perceive it as it would be that way. What Gestalt principle is this an example of?
Selective attention
Closure
Denial
Positive Correlation
8. A child that is always in a hurry
The more accurate the result
Hurried-child
Nature vs. nurture
Zone of Proximal Development
9. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?
The Montessori Method
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Parietal lobe
Olfactory sense
10. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?
No
Old-old
Stage 6
Convergent thinking
11. What is: the debate between whether a child is born a bad seed--with whatever disposition/tastes/personality they were meant to have; or that a child is born good - with their upbringing affecting their later personality and actions.
Recognition
Stage 3
Nature vs. nurture
Jean Piaget
12. How is extinction best achieved?
Olfactory epithelium
23 pairs
6-12
Gradually through shaping
13. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Longitudinal Study
Divergent thinkers
Echolalia
14. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.
Social learning theory
Displacement
Ego
Independent variable
15. What is: the gland that controls release of hormones from the gonads?
Psychiatrist
Put babies on their backs to sleep - and not have anything extra (toys - pillows etc) in the bed or crib.
Pituitary gland
Conceive at younger ages
16. When is anoxia a problem in births?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Long labors or birth complications
The brain stem
Recall
17. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation
Preparatory Depression
Independent variable
Denial
Sexual identity
18. The number which occurs the most often
Ivan Pavlov
The cerebrum
Mode
Crystallized intelligence
19. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?
Punishment
Dyslexia
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Clinical psychologist
20. Imitation of a past-observed behavior
Mostly developed by the time of birth
Deferred imitation
Convergent thinking
Negative Correlation
21. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?
Phonemes
Lewis Terman
Midwife
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
22. Categories of old age: 85+
Old-old
Id
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Ageism
23. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
Stage
Puberty
24. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?
Carl Rogers
Breast-feeding
Perception
Autism
25. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?
Dyscalcula
The brain
Random assignment
Adrenal glands
26. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats
Response extinction
Stimulus generalization
Closure
Psychoanalytical
27. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?
Accommodation
Family practitioner
Ivan Pavlov
Spiritual - emotional - mental - and social health
28. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.
Weak correlation
Emergency contraception
Around age two
True
29. What is another name for a newborn?
Psychoanalytical
The penis doesn't grow and breasts may develop.
Free morpheme
Neonate
30. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?
Longitudinal Study
Half (23)
Fetal death
Dependent variable
31. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?
Outer ear
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
Temporal lobe
Gilligan
32. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?
Rite of Passage
Cesarean birth
Recognition
Ageism
33. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
Skin appearance - 'age spots' - hair
Freud
Critical period
34. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Watching their parents
Gene
Cones
35. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation
Preparatory Depression
Stage 3
The brain
Bandura
36. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?
Mean
Psychoanalytical
Teratogens
Set high standards - assist along the way
37. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?
First trimester
Cross-modal perception
Young Adult
The infant wants to be in proximity of the person who cares for them as a form of self-preservation. If a child feels that their caregiver is nearby and attentive - they feel confident to explore their surroundings. If not - they feel anxious and ove
38. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?
Emotional neglect
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
Self-esteem
Long labors or birth complications
39. A morpheme that must be w/ a word
Bound morpheme
Depth perception
Morality of Justice
Cerebrospinal fluid
40. What is a disease also called German measles?
Rubella
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Thalamus
No
41. What coordinates all movements and muscles?
Dyscalcula
Cerebellum
Authoritative
Morality of Care
42. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values
Fontanels
Mental health
Gonads
Response extinction
43. A type of conditioning in which a person associates an action with a consequence
Longitudinal Study
Operant Conditioning
Pupil
Zygote
44. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Gender identity
Neonate
45. What do endocrine glands do?
Extinction
Brain and spinal cord
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Fetal tobacco syndrome
46. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
Natural observation
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Selective attention
47. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?
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48. A correlation coefficient of zero
Stimulus generalization
Conservation
No correlation
Survey
49. List the levels (in order) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Dependent variable
6
Babbling
50. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential
Humanistic
Puberty
The right hand - right eye - and speech
John Watson
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