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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?
2
Pitch
Parallel play
Proximodistal
2. The negative effects of sensory deprivation (not as much attention) are more likely to _______ w/ the length of the stage.
Diaphragm
Increase
The Montessori Method
Positive Correlation
3. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation
Preschooler
Stage 4
Loudness
Perception
4. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Gentle birth
Sampling
Mean
Binocular cues
5. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional
Gender role stereotypes
Multiple caretakers
Rh positive
Habituation
6. When do the two fontanels harden?
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7. First development of language; pre-speech
Emotional neglect
Three percent
Sympathetic nervous system
Cooing
8. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'
Thalamus
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
10
Id
9. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?
Permissive
Ageism
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Physical needs
10. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points
Smell
True
Longitudinal Study
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
11. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?
Sterilization
The cloth monkey
Cerebral palsy
Emergency contraception
12. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation
Correlational research
Resilient child
Set high standards - assist along the way
Heterosexual
13. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?
Divergent thinkers
Denial
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Regression
14. 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
Holophrase syntax
Psychiatrist
Pituitary gland
Hypokinetic diseases
15. What is: an M.D. who provides comprehensive care for people of all ages?
Family practitioner
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
RU-486
Pons
16. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?
Down syndrome
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
Accommodation
Object permanence
17. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Longitudinal fissure
Equilibrium
Infant
18. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age
Preschooler
Classical conditioning
Genetic Mutation
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
19. 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?
Nurture
Wilhelm Wundt
Id
Divergent thinkers
20. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?
Organ of corti
Habituation
Extinction
3
21. When do children develop object permanence?
Extinction
Around age two
Rods
Laboratory observation
22. What are the 8 psychological approaches?
Depth perception
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
Negative Correlation
Recognition
23. Which stage of development is: Trust vs. Mistrust?
Infant
ADHD
Put babies on their backs to sleep - and not have anything extra (toys - pillows etc) in the bed or crib.
Middle-age Adult
24. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'
Erik Erikson
Preparatory Depression
Consciousness
Gentle birth
25. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?
Morality of Care
Intrinsic reinforcer
Operant conditioning
Obstetrician-gynecologist
26. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?
Genes
Babbling
Syphillis and rubella
Heterosexual
27. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation
The infant wants to be in proximity of the person who cares for them as a form of self-preservation. If a child feels that their caregiver is nearby and attentive - they feel confident to explore their surroundings. If not - they feel anxious and ove
Stage 3
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Timbre
28. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?
Cross Sectional Study
Gender roles
Multiple caretakers
Recall
29. What is the opening of the iris - which looks black?
Alzheimer's Disease
Monozygotic twins
Pupil
Behavioral
30. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?
Binocular cues
Kohlberg
If the mom and child have different blood types - the mom's cells can attack the baby.
Gestalt psychology
31. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?
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32. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people
Conceive at younger ages
Sympathetic nervous system
Bias
Kibbutz
33. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?
Jean Piaget
50%
Old-old
10-14 months
34. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?
Family practitioner
Personality
Monocular cues
B.F. Skinner
35. What is the least developed part of a newborn (growth is not complete)?
12+
Convergent thinking
The brain/the cerebral cortex
Middle-old
36. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?
Fluid intelligence
Three percent
Infant
As they age
37. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize
Hospice
Half (23)
Extrinsic reinforcer
Functionalism
38. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:
6
Avoid punishment
Denial (Shock)
Proximodistal
39. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over
Timbre
Independent variable
Cross-modal perception
Cephalocaudal
40. What is: attraction to the same sex?
Homosexual
Watching their parents
In vitro fertilization
Intrinsic reinforcer
41. Stages of friendship: one way assistance
Elaboration
Rods
4-9
Gestures
42. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency
Dependent variable
Pitch
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Nature
43. How does the pupil work?
Hollow phrases
Critical period
As they age
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
44. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints
Infertility
Stage 2
Reciprocal determinism
Subject
45. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?
Morality of Care
Cognitive theorist
Convergent thinking
Permissive
46. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'
Acceptance
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Stage 6
Pitch
47. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?
Genetic Mutation
Pituitary gland
Absolute threshold
The cloth monkey
48. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.
Absolute threshold
ADHD
Classical conditioning
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
49. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?
Psychoanalytical
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Self-concept
99%
50. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?
Recall
Habituation
Sexually transmitted diseases
Psychoanalytic theory