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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:
Endocrine system
Stage
Denial (Shock)
Set high standards - assist along the way
2. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential
Lewis Terman
Operant conditioning
Humanistic
Rationalization
3. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?
Childhood depression
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Random assignment
Cornea and lens
4. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?
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5. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet
First trimester
Permissive
Content validity
Regression
6. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?
Natural observation
Mendel
Social learning theory
Divergent thinkers
7. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?
Emotional health
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
Osteoporosis
Natural prepared childbirth
8. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.
Operant conditioning
Sexual orientation
Sexual identity
Osteoporosis
9. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?
Hospice
Convergent thinking
Sexually transmitted diseases
Emotional health
10. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?
Limbic system
Pavlov; classical conditioning
Sigmund Freud
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
11. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:
Avoid punishment
Cognitive theorist
Sampling
Socialization
12. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?
Fluid intelligence
Invincibility fable
Cerebrum
Class inclusion
13. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?
Organ of corti
Acceptance
Sublimation
Baby Albert
14. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Psychiatrist
Parallel play
Three percent
15. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?
Norplant
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Occipital lobe
Hypothalamus
16. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?
Perception
Hypokinetic diseases
Erogenous zones
Wear-and-Tear Theory
17. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation
Francis Bacon--16th century
Cones
Stage 5
Recall
18. What coordinates all movements and muscles?
Emotional health
Cerebellum
Teratology
10
19. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?
Smell
Ivan Pavlov
Fit in
Echolalia
20. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?
Pupil
As they age
John Watson
Wilhelm Wundt
21. A child that is always in a hurry
Positive reinforcer
4-9
Hurried-child
Childhood depression
22. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?
Mentally retarded
Maslow
Pupil
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
23. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?
Preconventional Morality
Cooing
Cerebral cortex
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
24. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?
Monocular cues
Pavlov; classical conditioning
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Stage 6
25. Fourth development of language
Fluid intelligence
Reaction Formation
Telegraphic speech
Sexual identity
26. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?
They were not scientifically performed
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Nurture
Subject
27. Who first coined self-efficacy?
Brain and spinal cord
Babbling
Bandura
Preschooler
28. What does the left half of the brain control?
The right hand - right eye - and speech
Pituitary gland
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
The cloth monkey
29. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?
Cochlea
Thalamus
Classification
Laboratory observation
30. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?
Stimulus generalization
Cerebrospinal fluid
Punishment
Biological
31. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?
Dyscalcula
Norplant
Six or seven months
3-7
32. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional
Oral contraceptives
Gender role stereotypes
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Psychoanalytic theory
33. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Informed consent
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
Hippocampus
34. Not physical abuse but when the child feels rejected or feels failure
Cognitive theorist
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Harry Harlow
Psychological maltreatment
35. Believing women followed a different progression than men - she called the moral progression of the woman what?
Morality of Care
Recognition
Gentle birth
Selera
36. Third element: There is a gap between what the child can do with help - and what they can do on their own; shows when a child has finally learned it
Denial
Rubella
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Zone of Proximal Development
37. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus
Jean Piaget
Experimental group and control group
Classical conditioning
Cornea and lens
38. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?
Cerebrum
Class inclusion
Autoimmune Theory
The brain stem
39. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.
Independent variable
Emotional health
Rods
Reciprocal determinism
40. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?
Constant
Middle-age Adult
Rubella
Erik Erikson
41. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics
Functionalism
Biological
Abstinence
Cerebral cortex
42. Who thought of the mind as a stream of consciousness--a flow of emotions - sensations and thoughts?
Ethics
Independent variable
William James
Dyscalcula
43. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.
Behavioral
Psychological Tests
Absolute threshold
Negative Correlation
44. What is another name for a newborn?
Best friend
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Neonate
45. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)
Convergent thinking
Authoritarian
The brain stem
Operation
46. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?
Automatic
Abstinence
Multiple caretakers
Inner ear
47. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?
Monozygotic twins
Auditory System
Cerebral cortex
Kohlberg
48. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age
Chomsky
Stage 5
Genetic Mutation
Conceive at younger ages
49. When do the two fontanels harden?
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50. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?
Self-efficacy
Morality of Care
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Intrinsic reinforcer