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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?
A census
Inner ear
B.F. Skinner
Amniocentesis
2. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?
Papillae
Mendel
Long labors or birth complications
Socialization
3. A baby repeating what you just said
Echolalia
Operant Conditioning
Stage
Cross-modal perception
4. Who created structuralism?
Wilhelm Wundt
Egocentric behavior
Put babies on their backs to sleep - and not have anything extra (toys - pillows etc) in the bed or crib.
Papillae
5. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?
B.F. Skinner
Harry Harlow
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
Dizygotic twins
6. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase
Mentally retarded
Stage 1
9-15
Positive reinforcer
7. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?
Ageism
4-9
Pia mater
Gentle birth
8. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?
Babbling
Dependent variable
Gender roles
Psychoanalytic theory
9. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?
Autism
Proximodistal
ADHD
Divergent thinking
10. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes
Permissive
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
Mainstreaming
Old Age
11. If you are A positive blood - what is that in terms of Rh factor?
Toddler
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Breast-feeding
Rh positive
12. What does the right half of the brain control?
William James
Stimulus generalization
Toxic shock syndrome
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
13. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.
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14. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?
William James
Cross Sectional Study
Operant conditioning
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
15. Stages of friendship: intimate
Raymond Cattell
Cerebellum
Response extinction
9-15
16. The process of unassociating the condition with the response
Extinction
Natural prepared childbirth
Young-old
IUD
17. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words
Operation
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
10-14 months
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
18. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?
4
Critical period
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Pupil
19. What is the opening of the iris - which looks black?
Morphemes
Operant Conditioning
Pupil
Pia mater
20. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'
Middle-old
Preparatory Depression
Adolescent Egocentrism
The more accurate the result
21. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?
Morality of Care
Heterosexual
99%
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
22. 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?
On chromosomes
Nurture
Natural observation
Self-actualization
23. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?
Cognitive
Convergent thinking
The brain
Egocentric behavior
24. Types of child play in chronological order:
Figurative language
Five
Unoccupied behavior - onlooker - solitary independent (plays alone) - parallel play (plays around but not w/ others) - associative - cooperative play
Outer ear
25. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Toxic shock syndrome
Cones
10-14 months
26. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?
Gestalt psychology
Olfactory epithelium
3 & 4
Stage
27. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet
Frequency
Infants were placed on a solid - opaque surface - and the mothers were placed at the end of the table - where the opaque ended and glass begun. The infants didn't want to cross the glass because they could see the distance between themselves and the
Content validity
Outer ear
28. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them
Gender conservation
Suppression
Cognitive theorist
Gender identity
29. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?
Zygote
Double blind
Convergent thinking
Random assignment
30. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?
They were not scientifically performed
Developmental norm
Unoccupied behavior - onlooker - solitary independent (plays alone) - parallel play (plays around but not w/ others) - associative - cooperative play
Fluid intelligence
31. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency
2
William James
Pitch
The penis doesn't grow and breasts may develop.
32. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?
Fluid intelligence
Rods
Hospice
Condom
33. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?
Correlational research
Preparatory Depression
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Longitudinal fissure
34. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Teratology
Avoid punishment
Morality of Justice
35. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?
Emergency contraception
Stillbirth
Mode
Dialectical perspective
36. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?
They were not scientifically performed
Cognitive
Cerebrospinal fluid
Gentle birth
37. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?
Free morpheme
Ivan Pavlov
Injections
Watching their parents
38. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)
Young Adult
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
School-age Child
Condom
39. Who created functionalism?
William James
Humanistic Theorists
Accommodation
Five
40. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?
Independent variable
B.F. Skinner
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
41. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter
Physical needs
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Response extinction
Gender identity
42. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number
Quantitative
Women - men
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
Self-report data
43. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else
Elaboration
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Half (23)
Displacement
44. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.
Gene
Infant
Behaviorism
Clinical psychologist
45. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?
None!!
Elaboration
Median
Longitudinal Study
46. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families
Sampling
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Timbre
Authoritarian
47. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Toddler
Intrinsic reinforcer
48. Failure to thrive is caused by:
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Permissive
Developmental norm
Emotional neglect
49. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?
Developmental norm
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
Morality of Justice
Autism
50. The best way to teach children values is?
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
Self-efficacy
Recall
William James
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