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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The larger the sample:
The more accurate the result
Correlation coefficient
Inner ear
Alfred Binet
2. How many different theories of language development are there?
Conception
6
Super Ego
Three
3. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?
Naturalistic observation
Pupil
Gonads
Short attention span
4. How is IQ calculated?
Placebo effect
Sigmund Freud
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
Reinforcer
5. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization
Id
Avoid punishment
Qualitative
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
6. Who first coined self-efficacy?
Constant
Equilibrium
Auditory System
Bandura
7. What is another term for the system of hearing?
Alfred Binet
Dizygotic twins
Auditory System
IUD
8. Who developed the theory of social development?
Vygotsky
Intestate
Six or seven months
Alzheimer's Disease
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
Pupil
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
Survey
Rh positive
10. Stages of friendship: intimate
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
9-15
Toxic shock syndrome
Natural observation
11. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates
Super Ego
The Premack Principle
Correlational research
Childhood depression
12. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?
Random assignment
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Fit in
Autonomic Nervous System
13. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Cones
Stimulus generalization
Personality
Cerebrospinal fluid
14. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?
Mentally retarded
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Abstinence
Pitch
15. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child
The brain
Sexual identity
Social aspect of language
Rite of Passage
16. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
Hippocampus
Middle ear
4-9
17. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values
9-15
Mode
Contraception
Authoritative
18. Does a gamete (reproductive) cell have full or half set of chromosomes?
Zone of Proximal Development
Half (23)
Authoritative
Fluid intelligence
19. The repetition of certain syllables
Babbling
Stage 2
Psychometrics
Mostly developed by the time of birth
20. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?
Cerebrum
Deferred imitation
Dura mater
Peer group
21. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.
Social development or social cognition
Figurative language
Deferred imitation
Hippocampus
22. Putting disabled students w/ normal students
Mainstreaming
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
Monocular cues
Psychometrics
23. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?
Temporal lobe
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Pituitary gland
Safety
24. An environment where children live and attend school
Telegraphic speech
Peer group
Cerebral anoxia
Teratology
25. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?
Punishment
Parasympathetic
Cerebral cortex
Vygotsky
26. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?
Limbic system
Personality
Family therapy
Genes
27. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?
Androgynous
Lens
Gradually through shaping
Five
28. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics
Correlation Research
Stillbirth
Psychological maltreatment
Survey
29. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?
Absolute threshold
Full (46)
Structuralism
Autoerotic behavior
30. Who made the first IQ test?
Psychiatrist
Belonging and love
Alfred Binet
Wear-and-Tear Theory
31. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them
The cloth monkey
Hypothalamus
Midwife
Naturalistic observation
32. When does language development begin?
Six months
Operant conditioning
Babbling
Super Ego
33. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered
Physical needs
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
Fluid intelligence
6-12
34. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds
Positive Correlation
Babbling
Abortion
Stimulus generalization
35. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation
Half (23)
Denial
Hurried-child
Limbic system
36. All other variables w/in an experiment that researchers do not have control over
Dependent variable
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
Wear-and-Tear Theory
The more accurate the result
37. When do the two fontanels harden?
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38. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?
B.F. Skinner
Quantitative
Erogenous zones
Mainstreaming
39. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?
Daydreaming
Binocular cues
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
10
40. Self-aware - recognized - defined
Middle childhood
Self-concept
Projection
Conceive at younger ages
41. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?
Dura mater
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
IUD
23 pairs
42. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Short attention span
Three
Family therapy
43. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers
Stage 4
Three
Displacement
The Premack Principle
44. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:
Nature
True
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Set high standards - assist along the way
45. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
Ego
Morphemes
Cerebral palsy
Positive Correlation
46. A set of cases of people randomly chosen from a large group to represent that large group
Sampling
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
Cross Sectional Study
Gender conservation
47. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats
Oral contraceptives
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Stimulus generalization
48. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior
Monozygotic twins
Behaviorism
Depth perception
Set high standards - assist along the way
49. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?
Extrinsic reinforcer
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
Gender identity
50. The process of unassociating the condition with the response
Displacement
Quantitative
Cerebellum
Extinction