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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: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others
Natural prepared childbirth
23 pairs
Humanistic Theorists
Stage
2. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.
Resilient child
On chromosomes
Sexual identity
Middle ear
3. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
12+
Set high standards - assist along the way
Auditory System
4. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?
Around age two
Psychometrics
6
Abstinence
5. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male
Independent variable
Binocular cues
Gilligan
Absolute threshold
6. When do the two fontanels harden?
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7. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Rh positive
Subject
8. When does language development begin?
Six months
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Divergent thinkers
ADHD
9. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?
Condom
Retina
Jean Piaget
Watching their parents
10. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?
Accommodation
Lens
Limbic system
Zygote
11. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?
Sexually transmitted diseases
Classical conditioning
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Mentally retarded
12. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?
Noise
Skin appearance - 'age spots' - hair
Watching their parents
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
13. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Personality
Creative
Three
Rubella
14. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?
Lewis Terman
Stage 2
Creative
Operation
15. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:
Socialization
Increase
Cut in half
Humanistic Theorists
16. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?
Assimilation
Watching their parents
Alfred Binet
Permissive
17. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Random assignment
Midwife
Reaction Formation
18. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.
Genes
Preconventional Morality
Mostly developed by the time of birth
Placebo effect
19. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?
Self-efficacy
Experimental group and control group
Random assignment
4-9
20. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?
Maslow
Punishment
Genetic Mutation
Self-esteem
21. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out
Zone of Proximal Development
Intrinsic reinforcer
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Wear-and-Tear Theory
22. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.
Classification
Experimental group and control group
Self-actualization
School-age Child
23. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'
Conceive at younger ages
Denial (Shock)
Positive Correlation
Hypokinetic diseases
24. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization
Qualitative
6
Gilligan
Correlational research
25. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?
Assimilation
Sexual identity
Outer ear
Egocentric behavior
26. What is: the period of sexual maturation?
2
Ivan Pavlov
Puberty
Gender roles
27. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?
Syphillis and rubella
10
Closure
Humanistic
28. What is the name of the scientist known as the father of genetics and inheritance?
Acceptance
Experimental research
Mendel
Cerebellum
29. What is another term for the system of hearing?
Skin appearance - 'age spots' - hair
Super Ego
Auditory System
Morality of Justice
30. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?
Personality
Dialectical perspective
Rods
Inner ear
31. What is another name for a newborn?
Sexual orientation
Operant conditioning
Middle-age Adult
Neonate
32. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?
Bound morpheme
Perception
90%
Oral contraceptives
33. Does a gamete (reproductive) cell have full or half set of chromosomes?
Sampling
Half (23)
Perception
Self-actualization
34. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?
Condom
Visual cliff
Content validity
Pituitary gland
35. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Selective
Safety
Conservation
Rubella
36. Dying w/o a will
Intestate
The Premack Principle
Reinforcer
Cross-modal perception
37. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?
Longitudinal fissure
Subject
Authoritarian
Rubella
38. The best way to teach children values is?
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Gender identity
Extinction
39. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?
In vitro fertilization
Neonate
Maslow
First trimester
40. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding
Cross-modal perception
Syphillis and rubella
Social development or social cognition
Equilibrium
41. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
5 & 6
Preparatory Depression
Cognitive
Middle childhood
42. Which thought process is a creative process?
Divergent thinking
Morphemes
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
Homosexual
43. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.
Invincibility fable
Social aspect of language
Classical conditioning
Cornea
44. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words
10-14 months
The brain
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Amplitude
45. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Occipital lobe
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Functionalism
46. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Pia mater
4
47. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Longitudinal fissure
Median
Id
48. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?
10-14 months
Ego
A will
Amniocentesis
49. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?
Classical conditioning
Monozygotic twins
Toxic shock syndrome
Multiple caretakers
50. 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
Six months
Self-concept
Functionalism
Alzheimer's Disease