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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. The study of the aging process
Selera
Gerontology
Rh positive
Gender roles
2. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?
Positive Correlation
Chomsky
Ferdinand Lamaze
9-15
3. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?
Cesarean birth
Crystallized intelligence
Parietal lobe
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
4. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old
Cognitive improvement
Toddler
No
Gestures
5. What are the four lobes of the brain?
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
Weak correlation
Smell
Correlation Research
6. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number
Divergent thinkers
5 & 6
Quantitative
Autoerotic behavior
7. 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
The more accurate the result
Carl Rogers
Humanistic Theorists
6
8. The number which occurs the most often
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
RU-486
Mode
9. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
3 & 4
Morphemes
Dialectical perspective
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
10. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics
Dyslexia
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Biological
Neonate
11. 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
Carl Rogers
Loudness
Psychiatrist
12. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?
Adolescent
None!!
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Extinction
13. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?
Loudness
Gentle birth
Gender identity
Critical period
14. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?
Homophobia
Placebo effect
Mostly developed by the time of birth
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
15. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo
Operant conditioning
Timbre
Placebo effect
Long labors or birth complications
16. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?
Spiritual health
Diaphragm
Gentle birth
Cochlea
17. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional
Half (23)
Brain and spinal cord
Spermicides
Gender role stereotypes
18. Individual sounds w/ in a word
Phonemes
Social aspect of language
Cerebrum
Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying
19. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?
Injections
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
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Psychoanalytical
20. The average of a data set
Automatic
Convergent thinking
Hurried-child
Mean
21. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?
Pitch
Strong correlation
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
Fetal tobacco syndrome
22. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others
Maslow
Three percent
Stage
Self-esteem
23. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?
Gestalt psychology
Authoritative
Medicated delivery
50%
24. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?
Stage 2
3
Contextual
Commissures
25. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?
As they age
Infants were placed on a solid - opaque surface - and the mothers were placed at the end of the table - where the opaque ended and glass begun. The infants didn't want to cross the glass because they could see the distance between themselves and the
Cerebrum
Adrenal glands
26. 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.
Nature
Stage
Zone of Proximal Development
Baby Albert
27. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus
Extrinsic reinforcer
Cornea and lens
Infants were placed on a solid - opaque surface - and the mothers were placed at the end of the table - where the opaque ended and glass begun. The infants didn't want to cross the glass because they could see the distance between themselves and the
Classical conditioning
28. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?
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29. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?
99%
Ageism
Self-report data
Cerebellum
30. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?
Not fully developed; but can distinguish color - track movement - and bright objects.
Breast-feeding
Cross Sectional Study
Parasympathetic
31. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?
Fit in
Autoerotic behavior
Sterilization
Positive Correlation
32. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?
No correlation
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Fluid intelligence
As they age
33. A reinforcer that comes from within the individual--something emotional.
Intrinsic reinforcer
Cornea
Biological
Pitch
34. Which receptor is used for color vision?
Class inclusion
Social learning theory
Survey
Cones
35. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought
Cochlea
Parallel play
Structuralism
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
36. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs
Qualitative
Ethics
Cross-modal perception
Spermicides
37. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?
Correlational research
Short attention span
Super Ego
2
38. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o
Ego
Class inclusion
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Esteem needs
39. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?
Class inclusion
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
Five
ADHD
40. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
Rubella
Stage 5
Cesarean birth
41. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?
Selective attention
Organ of corti
Habituation
Stage
42. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)
Spermicides
Preschooler
Correlational research
Id - Ego - Super Ego
43. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?
Divergent thinking
Pia mater
William James
Proximodistal
44. What are the four characteristics of perception?
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Sympathetic nervous system
Organ of corti
Correlation coefficient
45. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age
Genetic Mutation
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
Qualitative
The more accurate the result
46. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?
Homosexual
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Figurative language
Gonads
47. What is the medical means to terminate a pregnancy?
Rationalization
Vestibular sense
Abortion
Mental health
48. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent
Preschooler
Cognitive theorist
12+
Preparatory Depression
49. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?
Functionalism
Multiple caretakers
Toxic shock syndrome
Personality
50. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death
The brain
A will
Operant Conditioning
Closure