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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?
Erik Erikson
Hypothalamus
Authoritative
Maslow
2. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
Family practitioner
Stage 3
Stillbirth
3. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?
Cerebrospinal fluid
Experimental group and control group
Cognitive
3
4. What is: the period of sexual maturation?
Rationalization
None!!
Puberty
Norplant
5. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?
Selective
Classical conditioning
Developmental norm
Frequency
6. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people
Not fully developed; but can distinguish color - track movement - and bright objects.
Median
Kibbutz
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
7. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs
Psychiatrist
Subject
Young Adult
Sound waves
8. 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
Parietal lobe
None!!
Id
Functionalism
9. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.
Autoimmune Theory
Cognitive improvement
Sexual identity
Rite of Passage
10. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization
Fontanels
Adolescent Egocentrism
Vestibular sense
Qualitative
11. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?
Gender role stereotypes
Hippocampus
6-12
Dyslexia
12. The study of the aging process
Cross-modal perception
Authoritative
Stimulus generalization
Gerontology
13. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.
Olfactory sense
Best friend
4-9
Correlation Research
14. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?
As they age
Iris
Organ of corti
The brain stem
15. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.
Cerebral cortex
Social development or social cognition
Acceptance
Prenatal development
16. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?
Depth perception
Humanistic
Assimilation
Vestibular sense
17. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Cognitive
Five
Timbre
18. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?
Invincibility fable
Deferred imitation
Maslow
Denial (Shock)
19. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?
Commissures
Psychoanalytical
6-12
William James
20. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?
Gilligan
Cornea and lens
Sigmund Freud
Naturalistic observation
21. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?
Noise
Esteem needs
Habituation
Stage 2
22. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?
Conception
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Teratology
Adolescent
23. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?
Midwife
Dyslexia
Proximodistal
Monocular cues
24. The process of unassociating the condition with the response
Extinction
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Positive Correlation
Androgynous
25. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?
6-12
Negative reinforcer
Commissures
Sterilization
26. Which stage of development is: Generativity vs. Stagnation? (giving to the next generation)
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Deferred imitation
Middle-age Adult
Syphillis and rubella
27. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo
Sympathetic nervous system
Psychometrics
Placebo effect
Fetal death
28. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?
Double blind
Middle ear
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Nurture
29. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?
Avoid punishment
Socialization
Puberty
10
30. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?
Belonging and love
Dura mater
Syphillis and rubella
Long labors or birth complications
31. Categories of old age: 75-84
Middle-old
Divergent thinking
Bargaining
Pons
32. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Lens
Cephalocaudal
The posterior (back) fontanel: within two months of birth. The anterior (front) fontanel: by the child's 2nd birthday.
33. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?
Positive reinforcer
Conceive at younger ages
Auditory System
Preschooler
34. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old
Reinforcer
Gestures
Contextual
Correlational research
35. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?
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36. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?
Structuralism
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
Mental health
Gradually through shaping
37. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Heterosexual
Pitch
38. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:
Rh positive
Stillbirth
Celibacy
Weak correlation
39. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
Independent variable
Vestibular sense
Hypokinetic diseases
40. A child that is always in a hurry
Psychoanalytical
Hurried-child
Convergent thinking
Autoimmune Theory
41. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?
5 & 6
Accommodation
Psychological maltreatment
Pupil
42. Which of these diseases can cause miscarriage - stillbirth - heart defects - deafness - and other problems?
Endocrine system
Adolescent
Rubella
Sampling
43. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally
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44. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others
Projection
Spiritual health
Childhood depression
Bound morpheme
45. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?
Modeling
Francis Bacon--16th century
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Papillae
46. What is the term for fraternal twins?
Rite of Passage
Dizygotic twins
12+
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
47. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
Cross Sectional Study
Preconventional Morality
Natural observation
Longitudinal fissure
48. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?
None!!
Quantitative
Down syndrome
As they age
49. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?
Mostly developed by the time of birth
Nature
Organ of corti
Smell
50. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?
If the mom and child have different blood types - the mom's cells can attack the baby.
Personality
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome