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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?
Proximodistal
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Automatic
Young-old
2. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?
First trimester
Semantics
Erik Erikson
The posterior (back) fontanel: within two months of birth. The anterior (front) fontanel: by the child's 2nd birthday.
3. How was the visual cliff study conducted?
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4. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
Self-efficacy
Create and release chemicals into the blood
5 & 6
No correlation
5. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?
No
Holophrase syntax
Correlational research
Base of the skull; size of a pea
6. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?
Occipital lobe
Gene
Three percent
Breast-feeding
7. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?
Dependent variable
...
Self-efficacy
Ageism
8. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Explicit role instruction
Humanistic
Recall
9. What are the four stages of sexual response?
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Longitudinal Study
Critical period
Heterosexual
10. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?
Family practitioner
Infertility
1 & 2
23 pairs
11. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied
Young-old
Stage 5
Subject
B.F. Skinner
12. Did a longitudinal study that showed that smart kids are happy adults
Rubella
RU-486
Lewis Terman
Rh positive
13. Stages of friendship: one way assistance
Creative
4-9
Self-esteem
Sterilization
14. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers
Teratogens
Stage 6
Endocrine system
The Premack Principle
15. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs
Self-report data
Assimilation
Babbling
Psychiatrist
16. 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.
Invincibility fable
Fetal death
Spiritual health
Heterosexual
17. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?
Lewis Terman
Crystallized intelligence
Gene
Mode
18. Fourth step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you begin to think about you self-esteem and how you feel as a person
Esteem needs
Conservation
Ego
Zone of Proximal Development
19. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates
Super Ego
Cerebral palsy
Prenatal development
Strong correlation
20. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Contraception
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Skin appearance - 'age spots' - hair
Binocular cues
21. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment
Dizygotic twins
Positive Correlation
Functionalism
Punishment
22. Putting disabled students w/ normal students
Amplitude
Mainstreaming
Experimental group and control group
Gradually through shaping
23. A test that gives information about a participant including standardized tests such as aptitude - interest - and personality tests
Psychological Tests
Amniocentesis
Stimulus generalization
Self-concept
24. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?
Temporal lobe
Double blind
Sympathetic nervous system
Positive reinforcer
25. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?
Dizygotic twins
Dialectical perspective
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
Depo-Provera
26. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Nature
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
27. A child that is always in a hurry
Hurried-child
The Premack Principle
Extinction
No correlation
28. All other variables w/in an experiment that researchers do not have control over
Preconventional Morality
Dependent variable
Osteoporosis
Placebo effect
29. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response
Negative reinforcer
True
Behavioral
Response extinction
30. What is another name for a newborn?
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
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
Neonate
Infant
31. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Sampling
Personality
Harry Harlow
Visual cliff
32. What types of drugs can hurt a developing fetus if taken by the mother?
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
Rods
Half (23)
Old Age
33. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?
Fontanels
Cerebellum
Commissures
Gentle birth
34. Which of these diseases can cause miscarriage - stillbirth - heart defects - deafness - and other problems?
Cognitive theorist
Gilligan
Operant conditioning
Rubella
35. Biological theories of aging: we only have a certain number of cells - which are programmed to only replicate so many times before they are finished and the body begins to deteriorate
Monozygotic twins
Harry Harlow
Cellular Theory
Six or seven months
36. What attention disorders also interfere with the learning process?
Automatic
Cognitive
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Binocular cues
37. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?
Gender role stereotypes
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Super Ego
Dyscalcula
38. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?
Raymond Cattell
First trimester
Gestalt psychology
Oral contraceptives
39. What are the four characteristics of perception?
Cognitive improvement
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Divergent thinkers
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
40. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Kibbutz
Five
The meanlinkk of utterance (how long their sentences are)
41. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Displacement
Operant conditioning
Social learning theory
42. How does the pupil work?
Safety
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Binocular cues
43. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?
The more accurate the result
Best friend
Contraception
Rationalization
44. What do endocrine glands do?
Babbling
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Psychological maltreatment
Automatic
45. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Social learning theory
10
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
46. What is another term for the system of hearing?
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
Selective
12+
Auditory System
47. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?
Self-actualization
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Parallel play
48. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?
Classical conditioning
ADHD
Conceive at younger ages
Prenatal development
49. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values
Freud
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Mental health
Cones
50. What is: an experienced practitioner who can attend pregnancies and deliveries?
Midwife
Gender roles
Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying
Laboratory observation