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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Hollow phrases
Cross Sectional Study
Denial (Shock)
2. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely
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
The posterior (back) fontanel: within two months of birth. The anterior (front) fontanel: by the child's 2nd birthday.
Negative reinforcer
Independent variable
3. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize
Sublimation
Commissures
Extrinsic reinforcer
99%
4. 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.
Nature vs. nurture
Hypothalamus
Psychiatrist
Three
5. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur
Social health
No
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Reinforcer
6. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.
Teratogens
Social learning theory
Conservation
Placebo effect
7. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables
Baby Albert
Psychoanalytical
Correlation coefficient
Crystallized intelligence
8. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
Puberty
Depo-Provera
Gradually through shaping
9. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates
ADHD
3-7
Dyslexia
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
10. Level 2 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
Three
3 & 4
Dialectical perspective
Stimulus generalization
11. Which lobe is related to vision?
Id
Occipital lobe
Cephalocaudal
Condom
12. A morpheme that can be a word on its own
Cerebral cortex
B.F. Skinner
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Free morpheme
13. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?
Family therapy
Hypokinetic diseases
Olfactory sense
John Watson
14. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages
Peer group
5 & 6
Mean
Cerebral anoxia
15. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.
Bound morpheme
Figurative language
Behavioral
Norplant
16. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?
Positive Correlation
Zygote
12+
Stimulus generalization
17. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)
Bisexual
Toddler
Displacement
50%
18. Which receptor is used for color vision?
Cones
Displacement
Bisexual
Maslow
19. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
12+
Heterosexual
Operant Conditioning
20. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?
Recall
Parietal lobe
90%
Correlation coefficient
21. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?
Assimilation
Stage 2
Spiritual health
Absolute threshold
22. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?
Infertility
Echolalia
Six months
Conception
23. List the levels (in order) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
Endocrine system
Morphemes
Teratology
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
24. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?
Personality
Condom
Papillae
Rubella
25. What are the four characteristics of perception?
Half (23)
Cross-modal perception
Accommodation
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
26. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?
Mentally retarded
B.F. Skinner
Chomsky
Middle ear
27. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?
The brain
Longitudinal fissure
Cerebrospinal fluid
Stage 1
28. When does language development begin?
Six months
Free morpheme
Mental health
Positive Correlation
29. 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.
Mentally retarded
The posterior (back) fontanel: within two months of birth. The anterior (front) fontanel: by the child's 2nd birthday.
Teratogens
Nature
30. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values
Puberty
Mental health
ADHD
Divergent thinking
31. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?
Hour of love
Cornea
Bound morpheme
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
32. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?
Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying
Six or seven months
Ferdinand Lamaze
The penis doesn't grow and breasts may develop.
33. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?
Multiple caretakers
Natural observation
The more accurate the result
Gradually through shaping
34. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats
Ethics
Stimulus generalization
Prenatal development
99%
35. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time
Frequency
RU-486
Best friend
Erogenous zones
36. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families
The penis doesn't grow and breasts may develop.
Content validity
Operation
Authoritarian
37. Self-aware - recognized - defined
Classical conditioning
Negative reinforcer
Self-concept
Create and release chemicals into the blood
38. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'
Fetal death
Bargaining
Outer ear
Hollow phrases
39. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.
Parallel play
Fluid intelligence
Family therapy
The posterior (back) fontanel: within two months of birth. The anterior (front) fontanel: by the child's 2nd birthday.
40. 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.
Autoerotic behavior
6
B.F. Skinner
Invincibility fable
41. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?
Subject
Wilhelm Wundt
2
Informed consent
42. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?
The posterior (back) fontanel: within two months of birth. The anterior (front) fontanel: by the child's 2nd birthday.
The brain
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Behavioral
43. 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
Bias
Accommodation
Super Ego
Functionalism
44. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)
Stage 2
Vestibular sense
Old Age
Conceive at younger ages
45. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?
Cellular Theory
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Classification
Alfred Binet
46. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs
Autoerotic behavior
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
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
Ethics
47. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Psychological Tests
The cloth monkey
Personality
Social development or social cognition
48. Self-esteem begins forming in:
Mean
Parasympathetic
Rubella
Middle childhood
49. What is the term for fraternal twins?
Dizygotic twins
Cerebrospinal fluid
Spiritual health
Laboratory observation
50. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?
Divergent thinkers
Jean Piaget
B.F. Skinner
Psychoanalytical