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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.
Morality of Care
Self-esteem
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Reciprocal determinism
2. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time
Carl Rogers
Frequency
Cellular Theory
Personality
3. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
Psychometrics
Best friend
Regression
4. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out
Carl Rogers
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Adolescent
Wear-and-Tear Theory
5. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?
Fontanels
Sexually transmitted diseases
William James
Psychiatrist
6. Which receptor is used for color vision?
Nature vs. nurture
Injections
Cones
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
7. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Preconventional Morality
Emotional neglect
Binocular cues
Regression
8. Which thought process is a creative process?
Operant conditioning
The right hand - right eye - and speech
Divergent thinking
Midwife
9. Which though process is follower thinking?
Convergent thinking
Socialization
Loudness
Family therapy
10. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?
Short attention span
Neonate
Behavioral
Psychiatrist
11. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?
Ivan Pavlov
Avoid punishment
Cornea
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
12. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional
Homophobia
Gender role stereotypes
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Stimulus generalization
13. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?
50%
Semantics
Spiritual health
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
14. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?
They were not scientifically performed
No
Mental health
Bias
15. A child that is always in a hurry
Hurried-child
Psychometrics
Social health
Divergent thinking
16. How is extinction best achieved?
Cerebral anoxia
Parallel play
Bargaining
Gradually through shaping
17. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?
Gender identity
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Endocrine system
Long labors or birth complications
18. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?
Consciousness
Depo-Provera
Holophrase syntax
Crystallized intelligence
19. When do children develop object permanence?
Around age two
William James
Bargaining
The brain/the cerebral cortex
20. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.
Infertility
Not fully developed; but can distinguish color - track movement - and bright objects.
Three percent
Social development or social cognition
21. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Babbling
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
22. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Five
Behaviorism
Closure
23. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?
ADHD
Rubella
Divergent thinkers
School-age Child
24. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?
Stage 2
Free morpheme
Valid
Sympathetic nervous system
25. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?
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26. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?
Organ of corti
Cerebrum
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
27. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?
Nature
4
Sublimation
Skin appearance - 'age spots' - hair
28. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?
The cerebrum
9-15
Resilient child
Qualitative
29. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?
Bargaining
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Frequency
In vitro fertilization
30. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Sympathetic nervous system
Perception
The brain stem
31. Fourth step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you begin to think about you self-esteem and how you feel as a person
Autism
Intrinsic reinforcer
Self-efficacy
Esteem needs
32. The larger the sample:
The more accurate the result
Cochlea
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
Adolescent
33. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought
Cut in half
Structuralism
Extrinsic reinforcer
Conceive at younger ages
34. What is the most popular method for giving birth?
Freud
Extinction
Medicated delivery
Naturalistic observation
35. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?
Family therapy
Hollow phrases
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Negative reinforcer
36. What is: the period of sexual maturation?
Puberty
Norplant
Structuralism
Hypokinetic diseases
37. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?
Smell
Set high standards - assist along the way
Harry Harlow
True
38. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
Morphemes
Selera
Fit in
Free morpheme
39. Four steps of the scientific method include:
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
Gonads
40. What is the term for identical twins?
Monozygotic twins
12+
Obstetrician-gynecologist
Parallel play
41. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?
The Montessori Method
Prenatal development
Autonomic Nervous System
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
42. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'
The cloth monkey
Noise
Anger (Emotion)
Self-report data
43. Did a longitudinal study that showed that smart kids are happy adults
Rods
Lewis Terman
The brain
Weak correlation
44. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?
Bandura
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
William James
45. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?
Double blind
Cooing
Longitudinal fissure
Babbling
46. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers
Gradually through shaping
Young-old
Ivan Pavlov
Operant conditioning
47. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization
Autonomic Nervous System
Qualitative
Figurative language
Safety
48. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:
Cerebral anoxia
Strong correlation
Reinforcer
Convergent thinking
49. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
Semantics
Emotional neglect
Accommodation
1 & 2
50. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them
Pituitary gland
Habituation
Recognition
Naturalistic observation