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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?
10
Endocrine system
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Sterilization
2. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?
Visual cliff
Gonads
Gerontology
Unoccupied behavior - onlooker - solitary independent (plays alone) - parallel play (plays around but not w/ others) - associative - cooperative play
3. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
Morphemes
6
Behaviorism
Self-report data
4. What is: the period of sexual maturation?
Puberty
Mainstreaming
Critical period
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
5. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?
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6. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings
Dyslexia
Avoid punishment
Regression
3 & 4
7. What do children in early language development not understand?
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
Six or seven months
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Figurative language
8. Which stage of development is: Identity vs. Role Confusion? (who am I)
Spiritual - emotional - mental - and social health
Set high standards - assist along the way
Gender identity
Adolescent
9. 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.
Egocentric behavior
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Nature vs. nurture
Middle-age Adult
10. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur
Reinforcer
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Permissive
Gerontology
11. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.
1 & 2
Autoimmune Theory
William James
Retina
12. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?
Conservation
B.F. Skinner
Celibacy
John Watson
13. 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)
Ferdinand Lamaze
Gender role stereotypes
Operation
2
14. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
Structuralism
Freud
Frequency
15. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?
Monocular cues
Gentle birth
Stage 3
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
16. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?
Retina
Creative
Wilhelm Wundt
Dizygotic twins
17. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability
12+
Timbre
Survey
Papillae
18. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?
12+
Avoid punishment
Frontal lobe
Homosexual
19. Is there currently a cure for Alzheimer's disease?
No
Middle-age Adult
Injections
Not fully developed; but can distinguish color - track movement - and bright objects.
20. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.
Cross-modal perception
Clinical psychologist
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
21. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize
Natural observation
In vitro fertilization
Extrinsic reinforcer
Social aspect of language
22. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs
Survey
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Psychiatrist
Authoritative
23. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?
Qualitative
Cornea
Iris
Survey
24. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Zygote
Mendel
Mode
25. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?
Assimilation
Emotional neglect
Auditory System
Placebo effect
26. Self-esteem begins forming in:
Three percent
Middle childhood
Fontanels
Cerebral cortex
27. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?
Freud
Teratology
Stage
Dizygotic twins
28. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Psychometrics
Gender roles
29. What controls breathing and heart rate?
Dura mater
Pons
Operation
Cross Sectional Study
30. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?
Consciousness
They were not scientifically performed
Independent variable
Preschooler
31. The larger the sample:
Commissures
Ageism
The more accurate the result
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
32. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?
Negative reinforcer
The penis doesn't grow and breasts may develop.
Lewis Terman
Hurried-child
33. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?
Monocular cues
Toxic shock syndrome
True
Weak correlation
34. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.
Depth perception
Cerebral palsy
Negative Correlation
Social learning theory
35. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Watching their parents
Behavioral
Permissive
36. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.
Informed consent
Gender conservation
Adrenal glands
Behavioral
37. What is: another form of consciousness involving very little effort; dreaming while awake or letting the mind wander?
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
Mode
Daydreaming
Cochlea
38. Where are genes carried?
Dyscalcula
On chromosomes
Psychiatrist
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
39. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?
5
Cellular Theory
Preparatory Depression
Abstinence
40. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
Cerebrospinal fluid
Ethics
41. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)
Young Adult
Vestibular sense
5 & 6
Convergent thinking
42. The repetition of certain syllables
Heterosexual
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
Self-efficacy
Babbling
43. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?
Independent variable
Independent variable
Cerebral palsy
Response extinction
44. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?
Infant
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Middle-age Adult
Adrenal glands
45. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?
Autoimmune Theory
Survey
Watching their parents
Adrenal glands
46. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
...
Self-actualization
Binocular cues
47. What is the term for identical twins?
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
Monozygotic twins
Pons
1 & 2
48. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity
Hypokinetic diseases
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Allow the skull's plates of bone to shift or flex - making childbirth easier.
Erik Erikson
49. 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.
Wilhelm Wundt
Parasympathetic
Parallel play
The cerebrum
50. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?
Limbic system
Sampling
Gerontology
Sound waves