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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?
Cerebral anoxia
Heterosexual
The penis doesn't grow and breasts may develop.
Parasympathetic
2. John Bowlby felt that attachment held evolutionary purpose. Explain
Accommodation
The Premack Principle
Convergent thinking
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
3. What are: vibrations in the air that we receive through the ear to be processed?
Gentle birth
Middle-age Adult
Sound waves
Dura mater
4. 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.
Cognitive improvement
Cones
Nature vs. nurture
Independent variable
5. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.
Suppression
Infertility
Gender identity
Social learning theory
6. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization
Mainstreaming
Dyslexia
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Qualitative
7. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?
Free morpheme
...
Invincibility fable
The brain
8. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child
Rite of Passage
Around age two
Breast-feeding
Stillbirth
9. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Survey
Clinical psychologist
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
10. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:
John Watson
Autoerotic behavior
Skin appearance - 'age spots' - hair
Weak correlation
11. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying
Gerontology
Hospice
Stage 4
Cones
12. The larger the sample:
Nurture
Cut in half
Pia mater
The more accurate the result
13. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?
Pia mater
Mentally retarded
Cochlea
Physical needs
14. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?
Amplitude
Cerebrum
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Lewis Terman
15. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Dura mater
Independent variable
Binocular cues
Automatic
16. Which lobe is related to body sensations?
Auditory System
Parietal lobe
Dyscalcula
Middle childhood
17. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?
Iris
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Autism
18. What is: your feelings and reactions
Social health
Telegraphic speech
Emotional health
Six months
19. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?
Gender roles
Iris
Cephalocaudal
Natural observation
20. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.
Ivan Pavlov
10
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Clinical psychologist
21. First element to Vygotsky's theory: what does social interaction facilitate?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Hurried-child
Cognitive improvement
Infant
22. What is: an M.D. who provides comprehensive care for people of all ages?
Harry Harlow
Family practitioner
Teratogens
Fluid intelligence
23. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?
Cones
Recall
Wilhelm Wundt
Psychoanalytical
24. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?
Cephalocaudal
Hour of love
Visual cliff
Avoid punishment
25. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Daydreaming
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
Regression
26. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
Preconventional Morality
Frequency
Correlation Research
Zygote
27. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'
Preparatory Depression
Increase
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
28. How does the pupil work?
Ageism
Gender roles
Developmental norm
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
29. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?
Operant conditioning
Cognitive theorist
Medicated delivery
Gender roles
30. What is the term for oxygen deficiency to the brain?
Peer group
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Toddler
Cerebral anoxia
31. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.
Sexual identity
Anger (Emotion)
Fit in
Class inclusion
32. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?
Super Ego
Qualitative
Around age two
Multiple caretakers
33. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics
Cones
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Correlation Research
Multiple caretakers
34. The study of the aging process
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
Random assignment
Experimental group and control group
Gerontology
35. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?
Deferred imitation
Figurative language
Perception
William James
36. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?
Consciousness
Obstetrician-gynecologist
Spermicides
Norplant
37. Dying w/o a will
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
Reaction Formation
Freud
Intestate
38. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior
Reaction Formation
Automatic
Behaviorism
Intestate
39. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?
Weak correlation
Sound waves
Divergent thinkers
Best friend
40. What is a common learning disability in reading?
Authoritative
Dyslexia
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Homophobia
41. What is: relating new information to something familiar
The meanlinkk of utterance (how long their sentences are)
Accommodation
Cognitive improvement
Elaboration
42. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?
Conception
Maslow
Mendel
Free morpheme
43. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation
Cross Sectional Study
Autoerotic behavior
Super Ego
Denial
44. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?
Echolalia
A will
Middle-age Adult
Abstinence
45. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:
Experimental group and control group
Cognitive improvement
Corpus callosum
Baby Albert
46. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates
Mental health
Loudness
Super Ego
Laboratory observation
47. A child that is always in a hurry
Mentally retarded
Hurried-child
Operant conditioning
Baby Albert
48. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)
Preschooler
Adolescent Egocentrism
Around age two
Erik Erikson
49. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional
Jean Piaget
Reinforcer
Social development or social cognition
Gender role stereotypes
50. A correlation coefficient of zero
No correlation
Cerebrospinal fluid
Pons
Babbling