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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rogers and Maslow are both:
Operant Conditioning
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Humanistic Theorists
2. Dying w/o a will
They were not scientifically performed
Intestate
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
10
3. What are the four lobes of the brain?
Cross Sectional Study
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Extinction
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
4. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?
Accommodation
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Semantics
Closure
5. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics
Biological
Mental health
Double blind
No correlation
6. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?
Fluid intelligence
Emotional neglect
Quantitative
John Watson
7. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?
Women - men
First trimester
Injections
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
8. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?
Rh positive
Cross-modal perception
Selective
Loudness
9. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?
Divergent thinking
Invincibility fable
Weak correlation
Middle ear
10. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?
IUD
Naturalistic observation
Rationalization
Fontanels
11. 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.
Regression
Parallel play
Dependent variable
Hospice
12. If you are A positive blood - what is that in terms of Rh factor?
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Rh positive
Hospice
Gentle birth
13. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent
Cerebral anoxia
12+
Maslow
Francis Bacon--16th century
14. The process of unassociating the condition with the response
Stimulus generalization
Extinction
Sexually transmitted diseases
Hollow phrases
15. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?
Personality
Autoerotic behavior
Cognitive theorist
Selera
16. What are the three different types of teratogens?
Lens
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Reinforcer
Self-report data
17. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?
Divergent thinkers
Dependent variable
On chromosomes
Put babies on their backs to sleep - and not have anything extra (toys - pillows etc) in the bed or crib.
18. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?
Authoritarian
Avoid punishment
Stillbirth
None!!
19. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?
Suppression
Hypokinetic diseases
As soon as the bell was rung
Abstinence
20. A morpheme that can be a word on its own
3
Limbic system
Dura mater
Free morpheme
21. What is: a person's attraction to other people?
Parasympathetic
Retina
Egocentrism
Sexual orientation
22. Believing women followed a different progression than men - she called the moral progression of the woman what?
Papillae
Morality of Care
Amniocentesis
Nature
23. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?
Informed consent
B.F. Skinner
Resilient child
Preschooler
24. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?
Teratogens
Depth perception
Authoritative
Condom
25. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?
Androgynous
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Morality of Care
Gestures
26. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view
Intestate
Egocentric behavior
Wilhelm Wundt
Alfred Binet
27. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?
None!!
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Cornea and lens
Old Age
28. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?
Socialization
Pons
Outer ear
5 & 6
29. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely
Self-actualization
Negative reinforcer
4-9
Childhood depression
30. Types of child play in chronological order:
Unoccupied behavior - onlooker - solitary independent (plays alone) - parallel play (plays around but not w/ others) - associative - cooperative play
Cerebrum
Condom
Set high standards - assist along the way
31. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?
Cerebrum
Recall
Schema
Humanistic Theorists
32. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.
Extrinsic reinforcer
Kohlberg
Autoimmune Theory
Raymond Cattell
33. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them
Placebo effect
Naturalistic observation
5
Smell
34. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable
Gender roles
Fetal death
Temporal lobe
Independent variable
35. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?
Middle ear
Cochlea
Hour of love
Closure
36. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
Proximodistal
Morphemes
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
Visual cliff
37. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?
Kohlberg
Not fully developed; but can distinguish color - track movement - and bright objects.
Parasympathetic
Olfactory epithelium
38. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?
Elaboration
Oral contraceptives
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
Cochlea
39. What is the term for identical twins?
Monozygotic twins
Social development or social cognition
Parallel play
Longitudinal fissure
40. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?
Authoritarian
Cognitive improvement
Gestures
Morality of Justice
41. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Gender conservation
Middle-age Adult
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
42. What is: attraction to both sexes?
Self-actualization
Contextual
Preschooler
Bisexual
43. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?
No correlation
Mostly developed by the time of birth
Gender
Negative reinforcer
44. What is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion
Sigmund Freud
Spiritual health
Cornea
Young Adult
45. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?
Childhood depression
As they age
Cerebral anoxia
Cerebral cortex
46. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)
The more accurate the result
Toddler
Emergency contraception
Cognitive improvement
47. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Family practitioner
Stimulus generalization
Strong correlation
48. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Freud
Personality
Daydreaming
Gestures
49. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?
Cerebral palsy
Full (46)
Denial (Shock)
Schema
50. 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.
Genes
Nature vs. nurture
Permissive
Syphillis and rubella