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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Level 2 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
3 & 4
Projection
True
Invincibility fable
2. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'
Cross-modal perception
Stage 5
Egocentric behavior
Denial (Shock)
3. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?
No
Functionalism
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
Oral contraceptives
4. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation
Resilient child
Hypothalamus
Bisexual
Longitudinal fissure
5. How was the visual cliff study conducted?
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6. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?
Gene
Positive Correlation
IUD
Suppression
7. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?
Informed consent
Mental health
Automatic
Raymond Cattell
8. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?
Women - men
The posterior (back) fontanel: within two months of birth. The anterior (front) fontanel: by the child's 2nd birthday.
Gender
Androgynous
9. What is: when a person or animal responds to a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one
Equilibrium
Cerebral cortex
Classical conditioning
Belonging and love
10. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?
Pavlov; classical conditioning
Stimulus generalization
Gender
Socialization
11. What does the left half of the brain control?
Belonging and love
The right hand - right eye - and speech
Behaviorism
Echolalia
12. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables
Constant
B.F. Skinner
Correlation coefficient
Personality
13. Failure to thrive is caused by:
Projection
The more accurate the result
Emotional neglect
Correlational research
14. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.
William James
Functionalism
Behavioral
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
15. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?
Hypothalamus
John Watson
Regression
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
16. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.
Explicit role instruction
Hour of love
Francis Bacon--16th century
Medicated delivery
17. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?
5
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Biological
No
18. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Pupil
Norplant
Set high standards - assist along the way
19. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)
Infant
Young Adult
Pavlov; classical conditioning
Old-old
20. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo
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
Extinction
Divergent thinkers
Placebo effect
21. What is: attraction to the same sex?
6
Egocentrism
Homosexual
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
22. Categories of old age: 85+
Old-old
Three
Emotional neglect
Kohlberg
23. When does language development begin?
Intestate
Six months
Injections
Cerebral cortex
24. What is a common learning disability in reading?
Wilhelm Wundt
Explicit role instruction
Dyslexia
Sexual identity
25. Biological theories of aging: we only have a certain number of cells - which are programmed to only replicate so many times before they are finished and the body begins to deteriorate
Projection
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Cellular Theory
Stage
26. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates
Naturalistic observation
Francis Bacon--16th century
3-7
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
27. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?
Alfred Binet
Autoerotic behavior
23 pairs
Midwife
28. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?
Divergent thinking
Social health
Independent variable
Loudness
29. Defense mechanism: a type of displacement - a redirection of the feeling into a socially productive activity
Dura mater
Amplitude
Sublimation
Cognitive theorist
30. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?
Watching their parents
Dizygotic twins
Automatic
Consciousness
31. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?
Absolute threshold
Pitch
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
Rubella
32. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior
Rationalization
Rite of Passage
Corpus callosum
Emergency contraception
33. Individual sounds w/ in a word
Phonemes
Gestalt psychology
Maslow
Selective attention
34. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?
Cochlea
In vitro fertilization
Social learning theory
Longitudinal fissure
35. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates
Sexual identity
Super Ego
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
Gestalt psychology
36. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?
Teratology
Teratogens
Selective attention
Best friend
37. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly
True
Positive reinforcer
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Random assignment
38. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?
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39. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?
Cochlea
Cross-modal perception
Brain and spinal cord
Genetic Mutation
40. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.
Social learning theory
Young-old
Gestures
Physical needs
41. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old
Rite of Passage
Morality of Justice
Bisexual
Gestures
42. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?
Obstetrician-gynecologist
Independent variable
Raymond Cattell
Erogenous zones
43. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought
Psychoanalytic theory
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Cerebrum
Structuralism
44. What are: vibrations in the air that we receive through the ear to be processed?
Sound waves
Psychometrics
Androgynous
Denial (Shock)
45. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die
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46. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
Stage 4
Morphemes
3-7
Humanistic
47. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?
Self-efficacy
Five
Hollow phrases
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
48. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential
Commissures
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
Humanistic
Behavioral
49. Third development of language
Cornea
Bandura
Hollow phrases
Gender
50. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?
IUD
Humanistic Theorists
Gender identity
Hospice