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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?
Valid
Quantitative
Rubella
Self-esteem
2. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?
Cellular Theory
Sigmund Freud
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Hollow phrases
3. Babies are rewarded with food/attention with they say 'mama' etc - so they continue to say those words and learn new ones; what idea does this theory follow?
Homosexual
Operant conditioning
Gender identity
Norplant
4. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'
Middle childhood
Preparatory Depression
Emotional health
Personality
5. What is a disease also called German measles?
The brain/the cerebral cortex
Multiple caretakers
Rubella
Emotional health
6. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo
Pituitary gland
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Placebo effect
Middle ear
7. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Behavioral
Self-efficacy
99%
8. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Hippocampus
Denial
Gestures
9. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child
Jean Piaget
Rite of Passage
Clinical psychologist
Miscarriages or stillbirths
10. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.
Down syndrome
Bisexual
Convergent thinking
Explicit role instruction
11. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.
Crystallized intelligence
Family practitioner
Invincibility fable
Hurried-child
12. What controls breathing and heart rate?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Pons
Longitudinal Study
13. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?
True
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
None!!
Morality of Justice
14. 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
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Middle ear
Stage 3
15. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?
Denial (Shock)
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Alzheimer's Disease
Parietal lobe
16. What are the three different types of teratogens?
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Dyslexia
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Increase
17. Third step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you may want to meet needs of belongings and love through relationships
Belonging and love
Cesarean birth
Dyscalcula
Smell
18. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?
Positive Correlation
Obstetrician-gynecologist
Morphemes
Mainstreaming
19. A baby repeating what you just said
Informed consent
Androgynous
Echolalia
Psychological Tests
20. 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?
Fluid intelligence
Extinction
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
Nurture
21. What is a common learning disability in reading?
Dyslexia
Dizygotic twins
Preparatory Depression
Put babies on their backs to sleep - and not have anything extra (toys - pillows etc) in the bed or crib.
22. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?
Adrenal glands
Absolute threshold
Conception
Operant Conditioning
23. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?
Adolescent Egocentrism
Denial (Shock)
Stage 5
Sexual identity
24. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?
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25. Which stage of development is: Identity vs. Role Confusion? (who am I)
Auditory System
Cerebral palsy
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Adolescent
26. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Longitudinal fissure
Autoerotic behavior
Monocular cues
27. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Content validity
Self-esteem
Inner ear
28. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?
Holophrase syntax
Perception
Cerebrum
Old-old
29. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.
Spiritual - emotional - mental - and social health
Class inclusion
Midwife
Autoimmune Theory
30. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?
Selective attention
Clinical psychologist
Cerebellum
Self-report data
31. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?
Behavioral
Naturalistic observation
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
Base of the skull; size of a pea
32. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?
Telegraphic speech
As they age
Oral contraceptives
...
33. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
Emotional neglect
Condom
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
34. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely
Full (46)
Gender roles
Correlational research
Negative reinforcer
35. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation
RU-486
Autoimmune Theory
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Resilient child
36. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.
Teratogens
Sterilization
True
Humanistic Theorists
37. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?
Autism
The penis doesn't grow and breasts may develop.
Kohlberg
Long labors or birth complications
38. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?
Ageism
Weak correlation
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
As they age
39. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?
Watching their parents
Independent variable
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
40. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers
Erik Erikson
Gentle birth
Operant conditioning
Phonemes
41. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?
Cornea and lens
Operation
Organ of corti
Conceive at younger ages
42. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency
Subject
Gender
Pitch
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
43. Who developed the theory of social development?
Babbling
Vygotsky
Mode
Ego
44. Who believed that the unconscious motivates our actions - through the id - ego - and superego?
Freud
Loudness
Sympathetic nervous system
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
45. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly
3 & 4
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Emergency contraception
Random assignment
46. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.
Informed consent
Young-old
Middle childhood
Social learning theory
47. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?
Double blind
Monozygotic twins
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Homophobia
48. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?
4-9
Stage 1
B.F. Skinner
Semantics
49. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?
Mainstreaming
50%
Half (23)
Erogenous zones
50. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?
Women - men
RU-486
Bisexual
Correlational research