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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. How was the visual cliff study conducted?
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2. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?
Automatic
Oral contraceptives
Correlation Research
Reciprocal determinism
3. Which lobe is related to vision?
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
Recall
Commissures
Occipital lobe
4. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)
Hypokinetic diseases
Toddler
Francis Bacon--16th century
Mental health
5. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?
1 & 2
Chomsky
Autoerotic behavior
Stage 6
6. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.
10
Classical conditioning
Clinical psychologist
Infertility
7. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?
Baby Albert
Accommodation
Cellular Theory
10-14 months
8. Categories of old age: 85+
Old-old
Cellular Theory
Nurture
Sexual identity
9. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values
Mental health
Cut in half
Monozygotic twins
Bargaining
10. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?
Kibbutz
Developmental norm
10-14 months
Inner ear
11. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?
Commissures
Middle ear
Positive reinforcer
Cerebral cortex
12. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge
Osteoporosis
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
Set high standards - assist along the way
Ferdinand Lamaze
13. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?
The cerebrum
Monozygotic twins
Frontal lobe
Rods
14. What is a disease also called German measles?
Permissive
Rubella
Selera
The brain
15. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought
Structuralism
Self-esteem
Parallel play
Dyslexia
16. Defense mechanism: a type of displacement - a redirection of the feeling into a socially productive activity
Papillae
Middle ear
Pia mater
Sublimation
17. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?
RU-486
Psychological maltreatment
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
As soon as the bell was rung
18. Which of these diseases can cause miscarriage - stillbirth - heart defects - deafness - and other problems?
Rubella
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
Ferdinand Lamaze
Qualitative
19. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)
School-age Child
Organ of corti
Hollow phrases
Rh positive
20. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation
Double blind
Laboratory observation
Cerebrospinal fluid
Stage 5
21. 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
Olfactory sense
Stage 3
Cochlea
Ferdinand Lamaze
22. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?
Kohlberg
Survey
Chomsky
Pavlov; classical conditioning
23. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?
Binocular cues
4
Nature vs. nurture
Cognitive theorist
24. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Osteoporosis
Ivan Pavlov
No correlation
25. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely
Denial
Nurture
Limbic system
Positive reinforcer
26. Does a gamete (reproductive) cell have full or half set of chromosomes?
Perception
Half (23)
The more accurate the result
Diaphragm
27. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?
Depth perception
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
4
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
28. Individual sounds w/ in a word
Accommodation
Phonemes
3 & 4
ADHD
29. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)
Pitch
Olfactory sense
90%
Vestibular sense
30. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?
Cerebrum
Sterilization
Absolute threshold
Denial (Shock)
31. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.
Emotional health
Fit in
Retina
Vygotsky
32. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior
Gender identity
Cross-modal perception
Inner ear
Cognitive
33. What is: attraction to the same sex?
Homosexual
Childhood depression
Homophobia
Stage
34. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?
Depo-Provera
99%
Cognitive improvement
Mean
35. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?
Longitudinal fissure
Free morpheme
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Semantics
36. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.
Neonate
Dialectical perspective
Wilhelm Wundt
Osteoporosis
37. Which receptor is used for color vision?
Abortion
Auditory System
Wilhelm Wundt
Cones
38. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:
2
Jean Piaget
Cut in half
Contraception
39. Which stage of development is: Trust vs. Mistrust?
Schema
Toxic shock syndrome
Infant
Iris
40. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families
Authoritarian
Abstinence
Olfactory epithelium
Reinforcer
41. What is the medical means to terminate a pregnancy?
Correlation Research
The cerebrum
Pia mater
Abortion
42. Categories of old age: 75-84
Stage 1
Regression
Middle-old
Clinical psychologist
43. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?
Gradually through shaping
The more accurate the result
Psychoanalytic theory
Mainstreaming
44. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?
Fluid intelligence
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Frequency
Toxic shock syndrome
45. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?
Androgynous
Experimental research
Noise
Vestibular sense
46. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Sterilization
Safety
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
47. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)
B.F. Skinner
Operation
Biological
Psychometrics
48. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Content validity
Cesarean birth
Pia mater
49. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Personality
Obstetrician-gynecologist
In vitro fertilization
Down syndrome
50. Who made the first IQ test?
Sterilization
Mean
Alfred Binet
Limbic system