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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
Convergent thinking
Sound waves
5 & 6
2. Experiment where researchers made a baby afraid of rats through classical conditioning
Carl Rogers
As they age
Baby Albert
Parallel play
3. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable
99%
Projection
Independent variable
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
4. How many different theories of language development are there?
Positive reinforcer
Three
Monozygotic twins
Childhood depression
5. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?
Authoritarian
2
Accommodation
Family practitioner
6. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.
Syphillis and rubella
5
Best friend
4-9
7. When do the two fontanels harden?
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8. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?
A census
Kohlberg
Divergent thinking
Correlational research
9. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.
Autonomic Nervous System
Stage 4
Equilibrium
True
10. Believed each person had an idea of a 'perfect person' and tried to work towards being like that person as much as possible - believing that people needed to become 'fully functioning' individuals
Mainstreaming
Carl Rogers
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
Fetal tobacco syndrome
11. What types of drugs can hurt a developing fetus if taken by the mother?
Self-actualization
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Correlational research
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
12. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?
Erik Erikson
Intestate
Six months
Old-old
13. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?
Cerebellum
99%
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
The cerebrum
14. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment
Experimental group and control group
Lewis Terman
Id
Developmental norm
15. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others
Projection
Middle-age Adult
Pitch
Corpus callosum
16. Four steps of the scientific method include:
Pituitary gland
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
Cerebral cortex
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
17. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'
Fontanels
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
Acceptance
18. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
Stage
Organ of corti
Physical needs
19. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?
Homophobia
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Independent variable
Cognitive improvement
20. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?
Lewis Terman
Correlation coefficient
Organ of corti
Object permanence
21. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior
Jean Piaget
Cognitive
Operation
Babbling
22. Child's realization their sex will stay the same
B.F. Skinner
Independent variable
Gender conservation
Humanistic
23. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?
Loudness
Six or seven months
Lewis Terman
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
24. What does STDs stand for - including AIDS and herpes?
Sexually transmitted diseases
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Sterilization
Physical needs
25. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?
Pia mater
Middle-old
Contraception
Abortion
26. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?
Amniocentesis
Stage 5
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Rods
27. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child
Bisexual
Humanistic Theorists
Rite of Passage
As soon as the bell was rung
28. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out
Humanistic
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Ethics
Genes
29. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?
Phonemes
Middle ear
Class inclusion
Conception
30. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?
Double blind
Parasympathetic
Gender roles
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
31. What does the right half of the brain control?
Natural observation
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
B.F. Skinner
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
32. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?
Watching their parents
None!!
Monocular cues
Extrinsic reinforcer
33. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?
Acceptance
Syphillis and rubella
5 & 6
Selective attention
34. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Preschooler
Six or seven months
Morality of Justice
35. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?
Around age two
Nature
Selective
Create and release chemicals into the blood
36. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?
Adrenal glands
Cooing
Autoimmune Theory
Lens
37. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
Physical needs
6-12
38. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?
Invincibility fable
Projection
Maslow
Papillae
39. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?
The brain/the cerebral cortex
Zone of Proximal Development
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Sexual orientation
40. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?
23 pairs
Adolescent Egocentrism
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
41. 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?
Qualitative
Contraception
Operant conditioning
Hollow phrases
42. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase
Experimental research
Stage 1
Psychological Tests
Occipital lobe
43. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?
The cerebrum
Mendel
Schema
23 pairs
44. What is the middle number in a set of data called?
Dura mater
Median
Organ of corti
Ivan Pavlov
45. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?
Stage 2
Depo-Provera
Gender
Biological
46. A collection of data from all cases or people in the chosen set
A census
Humanistic Theorists
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
47. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?
Selective attention
Divergent thinking
Kohlberg
The cerebrum
48. Age at with children start feeling a fear of the dark - which can be strong and appear suddenly
6
Psychological Tests
Lewis Terman
Lewis Terman
49. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?
If the mom and child have different blood types - the mom's cells can attack the baby.
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Extinction
Sexual identity
50. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage
Natural prepared childbirth
Stage 6
Stimulus generalization
Stage 4