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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?
Cognitive theorist
Pupil
Maslow
RU-486
2. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?
Six or seven months
Placebo effect
Operation
Down syndrome
3. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?
Smell
None!!
Parasympathetic
A will
4. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior
Behaviorism
Conceive at younger ages
Organ of corti
Syphillis and rubella
5. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment
Deferred imitation
50%
Functionalism
Stage
6. List the levels (in order) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
Spermicides
Social aspect of language
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Fetal tobacco syndrome
7. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?
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8. What is the name of the largest commissure?
Corpus callosum
Harry Harlow
Reciprocal determinism
Figurative language
9. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?
The Premack Principle
School-age Child
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Extrinsic reinforcer
10. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures
Natural observation
Consciousness
Psychometrics
Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying
11. What is: another form of consciousness involving very little effort; dreaming while awake or letting the mind wander?
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Peer group
Daydreaming
Mean
12. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?
Object permanence
Cooing
Peer group
Amniocentesis
13. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?
Experimental research
Infertility
Selective attention
In vitro fertilization
14. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Obstetrician-gynecologist
The Montessori Method
Condom
15. What is the middle number in a set of data called?
Classical conditioning
Median
Hurried-child
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
16. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?
Zygote
Condom
Half (23)
Auditory System
17. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?
Sexually transmitted diseases
Contraception
Organ of corti
Three
18. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view
Authoritative
Adolescent
Egocentric behavior
Raymond Cattell
19. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'
90%
Positive reinforcer
Cognitive theorist
Anger (Emotion)
20. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.
Self-actualization
Lewis Terman
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Babbling
21. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others
Projection
Classical conditioning
Olfactory epithelium
Gender role stereotypes
22. An environment where children live and attend school
Mental health
Androgynous
Peer group
Stillbirth
23. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?
Social health
Organ of corti
First trimester
Pavlov; classical conditioning
24. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional
Fontanels
Gender role stereotypes
Genes
Morphemes
25. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats
Auditory System
Occipital lobe
Genes
Stimulus generalization
26. What purpose do fontanels have?
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27. Putting disabled students w/ normal students
Wilhelm Wundt
Gestures
Elaboration
Mainstreaming
28. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.
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29. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.
6-12
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Commissures
Genes
30. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)
Preschooler
Limbic system
Middle ear
Set high standards - assist along the way
31. What types of drugs can hurt a developing fetus if taken by the mother?
Self-esteem
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
Modeling
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
32. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied
A will
John Watson
Daydreaming
Subject
33. Rogers and Maslow are both:
Humanistic Theorists
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
90%
Stimulus generalization
34. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.
Correlational research
Cross-modal perception
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Jean Piaget
35. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?
Functionalism
Positive Correlation
Gender role stereotypes
Thalamus
36. Experiment when none of the doctors - researchers - and participants know who is getting the real drug
The cerebrum
Limbic system
Double blind
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
37. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Displacement
Rods
Structuralism
38. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?
Stage 1
Morality of Justice
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
99%
39. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others
Stage
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
As they age
The brain stem
40. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?
Gender role stereotypes
Ivan Pavlov
Women - men
Thalamus
41. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds
Absolute threshold
Dialectical perspective
Babbling
Fluid intelligence
42. Which stage of development is: Trust vs. Mistrust?
Preparatory Depression
Infant
Auditory System
Frequency
43. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families
The brain
Psychological Tests
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Authoritarian
44. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
Gender conservation
Proximodistal
Ferdinand Lamaze
45. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Stage
Content validity
Reciprocal determinism
46. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?
Gender roles
Androgynous
Contextual
Gene
47. What is another name for a newborn?
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Preparatory Depression
Neonate
Selective
48. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?
Put babies on their backs to sleep - and not have anything extra (toys - pillows etc) in the bed or crib.
Ageism
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Accommodation
49. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?
Correlational research
Short attention span
Retina
Breast-feeding
50. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?
Nurture
Temporal lobe
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Spermicides