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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers
99%
Vygotsky
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Operant conditioning
2. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used
Holophrase syntax
Pia mater
Hurried-child
Teratology
3. 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?
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
Fetal death
Assimilation
Psychological Tests
4. What is the method of surgical delivery?
Denial
Independent variable
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Cesarean birth
5. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?
Gerontology
Toxic shock syndrome
Psychological maltreatment
Cognitive
6. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age
Genetic Mutation
Ego
Three percent
Binocular cues
7. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:
Experimental group and control group
Social learning theory
Chomsky
Behavioral
8. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.
The right hand - right eye - and speech
Egocentrism
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
School-age Child
9. 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?
Absolute threshold
Psychological maltreatment
Nurture
Childhood depression
10. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?
Acceptance
Contraception
Pitch
Fluid intelligence
11. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?
RU-486
Selective
B.F. Skinner
Belonging and love
12. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'
Gender conservation
6
Francis Bacon--16th century
Bargaining
13. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Morality of Justice
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
Figurative language
14. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
5 & 6
Informed consent
Breast-feeding
Gentle birth
15. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?
Multiple caretakers
Babbling
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Half (23)
16. What is another term for the system of hearing?
Auditory System
Nature vs. nurture
Recognition
Retina
17. The scientific study of words and sentences
Free morpheme
Cornea
Semantics
Dependent variable
18. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?
Depo-Provera
Gonads
Pitch
Androgynous
19. The larger the sample:
Mental health
Self-efficacy
The more accurate the result
Pia mater
20. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?
Autoimmune Theory
Young-old
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
Classification
21. Self-esteem begins forming in:
Freud
Schema
Middle childhood
Pons
22. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?
Ivan Pavlov
Sexually transmitted diseases
Lewis Terman
A census
23. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.
Ivan Pavlov
Down syndrome
Reciprocal determinism
Autonomic Nervous System
24. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization
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
Gender
Mendel
Qualitative
25. What is: attraction to both sexes?
Bisexual
Unoccupied behavior - onlooker - solitary independent (plays alone) - parallel play (plays around but not w/ others) - associative - cooperative play
A will
Psychological maltreatment
26. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values
Authoritative
Middle-old
Best friend
Vygotsky
27. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?
Rods
Divergent thinking
Elaboration
Base of the skull; size of a pea
28. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else
Absolute threshold
Correlation coefficient
Displacement
Maslow
29. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death
Divergent thinking
A will
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Random assignment
30. What are the three different types of teratogens?
Natural prepared childbirth
Bandura
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Stage 5
31. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?
Schema
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Suppression
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
32. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)
Old Age
Cross-modal perception
Denial (Shock)
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
33. 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.
Conception
Constant
Spiritual health
Nature vs. nurture
34. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?
Smell
Nurture
Rods
Creative
35. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.
Selera
Behavioral
Stage 1
Ego
36. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.
Papillae
Inner ear
No correlation
Genes
37. What do children in early language development not understand?
Cooing
Loudness
Around age two
Figurative language
38. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
Homophobia
1 & 2
Modeling
Free morpheme
39. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?
Preparatory Depression
23 pairs
First trimester
Norplant
40. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?
Mentally retarded
Frequency
Mental health
Extrinsic reinforcer
41. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?
Convergent thinking
Selective
Retina
Inner ear
42. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?
Short attention span
Rh positive
Norplant
Pons
43. What is the least developed part of a newborn (growth is not complete)?
Assimilation
Sexual orientation
The brain/the cerebral cortex
First trimester
44. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs
Ethics
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Psychiatrist
Creative
45. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male
Gilligan
Rods
Childhood depression
Autoerotic behavior
46. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?
Erik Erikson
Contraception
Loudness
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
47. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?
Medicated delivery
Babbling
Wilhelm Wundt
Consciousness
48. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Pituitary gland
Chomsky
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
49. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Stage
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Middle-old
50. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?
Stimulus generalization
Constant
Down syndrome
Short attention span