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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All other variables w/in an experiment that researchers do not have control over
Gender identity
Dependent variable
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
Toddler
2. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:
Mental health
Bound morpheme
Suppression
Weak correlation
3. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?
Morality of Care
Freud
Monocular cues
Full (46)
4. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?
Five
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Intrinsic reinforcer
Nature vs. nurture
5. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'
Egocentrism
Functionalism
Commissures
Denial (Shock)
6. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?
Full (46)
Auditory System
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
In vitro fertilization
7. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?
Vestibular sense
Multiple caretakers
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
They were not scientifically performed
8. Who introduced the scientific method?
Down syndrome
Sigmund Freud
Francis Bacon--16th century
Toddler
9. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)
Morality of Justice
Critical period
Six or seven months
Five
10. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Three
Sterilization
Classical conditioning
11. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Placebo effect
As soon as the bell was rung
Explicit role instruction
12. Which stage of development is: Generativity vs. Stagnation? (giving to the next generation)
Echolalia
Middle-age Adult
Puberty
Cornea
13. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
Operant conditioning
Cerebral palsy
Down syndrome
14. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.
The brain
Dialectical perspective
Cross-modal perception
Punishment
15. What is a common learning disability in reading?
Safety
Classical conditioning
Humanistic Theorists
Dyslexia
16. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?
Cornea and lens
Sound waves
Autism
12+
17. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.
Independent variable
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
On chromosomes
Clinical psychologist
18. Self-esteem begins forming in:
Autism
Sound waves
1 & 2
Middle childhood
19. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
Mode
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
Strong correlation
20. Method that teaches children to realized their full potential.
The Montessori Method
Bound morpheme
Spiritual health
Sampling
21. What is: the tone color or perceptual quality of a sound?
Timbre
Retina
Positive reinforcer
Parasympathetic
22. What are the four lobes of the brain?
Dependent variable
Stage 4
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
99%
23. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)
Preschooler
Rationalization
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
Ego
24. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?
Cephalocaudal
Breast-feeding
Adrenal glands
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
25. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?
Socialization
Placebo effect
Carl Rogers
Elaboration
26. Child's realization their sex will stay the same
Nature
Humanistic Theorists
Gender conservation
Visual cliff
27. How much is hearing developed in neonates?
Mostly developed by the time of birth
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
2
Stage 2
28. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?
Double blind
The right hand - right eye - and speech
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
Social learning theory
29. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves
Cephalocaudal
Stage 2
Self-report data
Set high standards - assist along the way
30. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?
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31. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Strong correlation
Put babies on their backs to sleep - and not have anything extra (toys - pillows etc) in the bed or crib.
Sterilization
32. Did a longitudinal study that showed that smart kids are happy adults
Lewis Terman
Brain and spinal cord
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
Middle-old
33. A morpheme that must be w/ a word
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Bound morpheme
Family practitioner
William James
34. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?
Five
Papillae
Class inclusion
Bisexual
35. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?
Lewis Terman
Sublimation
Cut in half
Thalamus
36. 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?
Positive Correlation
Gender identity
Operant conditioning
Preparatory Depression
37. What are the three different types of teratogens?
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
Family practitioner
Baby Albert
38. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:
Cut in half
Gonads
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
B.F. Skinner
39. Which thought process is a creative process?
Infertility
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Best friend
Divergent thinking
40. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Binocular cues
2
Divergent thinking
41. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?
Perception
Regression
Divergent thinkers
Nature
42. What is the term for fraternal twins?
Dizygotic twins
Gender roles
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Classical conditioning
43. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Personality
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Retina
44. Means that the participants must know the content of the experiment and be warned of any risk or harm
Informed consent
Papillae
Anger (Emotion)
The brain
45. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?
Mentally retarded
Mostly developed by the time of birth
Cognitive theorist
Allow the skull's plates of bone to shift or flex - making childbirth easier.
46. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.
Sexual identity
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
Middle childhood
Independent variable
47. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Absolute threshold
Gene
48. What side of the N/N debate means that a child will be born with whatever disposition - tastes - personality they were 'meant' to have; believe that there are bad seeds.
Recall
Alfred Binet
Gender role stereotypes
Nature
49. 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.
Bound morpheme
Old Age
Nature vs. nurture
Informed consent
50. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values
Experimental group and control group
Mental health
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Norplant