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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Third step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you may want to meet needs of belongings and love through relationships
Clinical psychologist
Middle ear
Ageism
Belonging and love

2. Who introduced the scientific method?
Nature vs. nurture
Negative reinforcer
Francis Bacon--16th century
Preconventional Morality

3. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age
Genetic Mutation
90%
Habituation
Denial (Shock)

4. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?
Egocentric behavior
Mentally retarded
Socialization
Amniocentesis

5. Stages of friendship: one way assistance
4-9
Sexual orientation
Self-efficacy
Outer ear

6. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?
Regression
Middle-age Adult
Nurture
Contraception

7. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
Structuralism
Occipital lobe
Belonging and love

8. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?
Gender
99%
Gonads
Object permanence

9. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time
Frequency
6
Nature vs. nurture
Ethics

10. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables
Cross Sectional Study
Toxic shock syndrome
Binocular cues
Correlation coefficient

11. Failure to thrive is caused by:
Cones
Inner ear
Emotional neglect
Extinction

12. Which lobe is related to vision?
B.F. Skinner
Occipital lobe
Placebo effect
Stage 2

13. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?
Long labors or birth complications
Middle childhood
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome

14. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior
Breast-feeding
Behaviorism
9-15
Mainstreaming

15. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?
Dependent variable
Independent variable
They were not scientifically performed
Accommodation

16. How much is hearing developed in neonates?
Cross Sectional Study
Mostly developed by the time of birth
Closure
Binocular cues

17. What is the method of surgical delivery?
Prenatal development
3-7
Chomsky
Cesarean birth

18. Imitation of a past-observed behavior
Preconventional Morality
Deferred imitation
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
Gender identity

19. A correlation coefficient of zero
No correlation
Extinction
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Old Age

20. Categories of old age: 65-74
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Anger (Emotion)
Stage 3
Young-old

21. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints
Stage 2
Cognitive theorist
Valid
Cellular Theory

22. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?
Gender identity
Ivan Pavlov
Qualitative
Monocular cues

23. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.
Five
Brain and spinal cord
Best friend
Automatic

24. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?
Sampling
Esteem needs
Parasympathetic
Longitudinal Study

25. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Personality
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Id
Short attention span

26. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?
Biological
Consciousness
Ethics
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour

27. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?
Operant Conditioning
Ivan Pavlov
5 & 6
Cerebrum

28. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?
The more accurate the result
Proximodistal
Five
Selective

29. The repetition of certain syllables
No correlation
Babbling
Kohlberg
William James

30. Categories of old age: 85+
Sampling
Old-old
Humanistic Theorists
Stimulus generalization

31. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?
Pia mater
3-7
Hurried-child
Obstetrician-gynecologist

32. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered
Resilient child
6-12
Emotional neglect
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases

33. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?
Infertility
Cochlea
10-14 months
Daydreaming

34. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'
Childhood depression
The brain/the cerebral cortex
Super Ego
Full (46)

35. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics
Family practitioner
Perception
Biological
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.

36. What does the left half of the brain control?
Zygote
Genes
The right hand - right eye - and speech
Cerebral palsy

37. 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?
Limbic system
Lewis Terman
Assimilation
The more accurate the result

38. A collection of data from all cases or people in the chosen set
Adolescent Egocentrism
A census
Peer group
Fontanels

39. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?
Endocrine system
Homophobia
Genetic Mutation
A census

40. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others
Zone of Proximal Development
Stage 6
Stage
5

41. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)
Cerebellum
6-12
Cerebral palsy
Vestibular sense

42. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely
Sexual orientation
Cut in half
Francis Bacon--16th century
Negative reinforcer

43. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Response extinction
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Pituitary gland

44. What is: attraction to both sexes?
Bisexual
School-age Child
Obstetrician-gynecologist
Holophrase syntax

45. The process of unassociating the condition with the response
Selective attention
Modeling
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Extinction

46. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied
Informed consent
William James
Self-esteem
Subject

47. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling
Long labors or birth complications
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Reaction Formation
Negative Correlation

48. What is the most popular method for giving birth?
Frequency
Wilhelm Wundt
Medicated delivery
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell

49. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying
Teratogens
Hospice
Old Age
Constant

50. What is: your feelings and reactions
Ego
Emotional health
Accommodation
Equilibrium