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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The repetition of certain syllables
Old-old
Esteem needs
Babbling
Random assignment
2. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Hypokinetic diseases
Five
Gender role stereotypes
3. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault
Family therapy
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
Kohlberg
Id - Ego - Super Ego
4. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?
Avoid punishment
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Sublimation
No
5. What purpose do fontanels have?
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6. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others
Daydreaming
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
Stage
Semantics
7. The study of the aging process
Egocentrism
Retina
Heterosexual
Gerontology
8. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
Psychoanalytical
Pupil
Iris
9. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Humanistic Theorists
Iris
Personality
Young-old
10. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Baby Albert
Gilligan
B.F. Skinner
11. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?
Id
Short attention span
Injections
Reciprocal determinism
12. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?
Cornea
5
Amniocentesis
Pons
13. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?
Carl Rogers
Psychoanalytic theory
Syphillis and rubella
Dialectical perspective
14. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Negative Correlation
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Six or seven months
15. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?
99%
Consciousness
Mental health
The Premack Principle
16. What does STDs stand for - including AIDS and herpes?
Social development or social cognition
Middle childhood
Ethics
Sexually transmitted diseases
17. What is: relating new information to something familiar
Elaboration
No
Around age two
Set high standards - assist along the way
18. What is the method of surgical delivery?
Operant Conditioning
Cesarean birth
Vygotsky
Mentally retarded
19. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?
Papillae
Wilhelm Wundt
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Nature
20. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?
90%
Endocrine system
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Cross-modal perception
21. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?
Middle-age Adult
Ageism
Cerebral anoxia
Erogenous zones
22. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage
Stage 6
Preconventional Morality
B.F. Skinner
9-15
23. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
Gender conservation
Rh positive
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
24. Which lobe is related to hearing?
Weak correlation
Temporal lobe
Pons
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
25. What is the medical means to terminate a pregnancy?
Sexual identity
Abortion
Sigmund Freud
Psychological Tests
26. What system is made up of the hypothalamus and other glands?
Selective
Endocrine system
Cut in half
Dizygotic twins
27. How does the pupil work?
Middle-old
Gradually through shaping
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Biological
28. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?
Mentally retarded
Celibacy
Holophrase syntax
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
29. What is another name for a newborn?
Neonate
As they age
Puberty
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
30. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints
Nature vs. nurture
Strong correlation
3 & 4
Stage 2
31. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied
William James
3-7
Stimulus generalization
Subject
32. What does the left half of the brain control?
The right hand - right eye - and speech
Stimulus generalization
Conception
Cognitive theorist
33. 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?
Six or seven months
Amplitude
Assimilation
Social aspect of language
34. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding
Equilibrium
Phonemes
Mainstreaming
Family practitioner
35. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?
Down syndrome
3
90%
B.F. Skinner
36. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?
Humanistic
Cornea and lens
Gender identity
Gonads
37. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Erogenous zones
Binocular cues
Subject
Psychometrics
38. Which thought process is a creative process?
Nature
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Divergent thinking
39. Who created structuralism?
Punishment
Wilhelm Wundt
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Five
40. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?
First trimester
Cognitive
Watching their parents
Divergent thinkers
41. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Longitudinal Study
Diaphragm
Sublimation
42. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?
Self-report data
6
Social health
1 in 14 -000
43. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?
No
Gestures
Condom
Base of the skull; size of a pea
44. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?
Divergent thinking
Commissures
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Social development or social cognition
45. What is: the tone color or perceptual quality of a sound?
Timbre
Cross Sectional Study
Put babies on their backs to sleep - and not have anything extra (toys - pillows etc) in the bed or crib.
Alfred Binet
46. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?
Pituitary gland
Independent variable
Women - men
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
47. Which lobe is related to body sensations?
Authoritative
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
Peer group
Parietal lobe
48. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'
Correlation Research
Spiritual - emotional - mental - and social health
Denial (Shock)
Down syndrome
49. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?
Dyscalcula
The cloth monkey
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Toxic shock syndrome
50. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely
Positive reinforcer
Authoritarian
Extrinsic reinforcer
Longitudinal Study