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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else
Biological
Displacement
Frontal lobe
A census
2. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior
Negative Correlation
Dependent variable
Cognitive
Explicit role instruction
3. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs
Automatic
Short attention span
Psychiatrist
Stage 5
4. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.
Self-actualization
Modeling
Stage
Convergent thinking
5. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?
Infertility
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
Divergent thinking
Operant Conditioning
6. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?
Erogenous zones
Selective attention
Independent variable
Contraception
7. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?
Zygote
Authoritarian
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Positive Correlation
8. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics
Biological
Watching their parents
As they age
Stage 1
9. What is: an M.D. who provides comprehensive care for people of all ages?
Family practitioner
Amniocentesis
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
10. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge
Osteoporosis
Young-old
Teratogens
Acceptance
11. 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
Childhood depression
Hypokinetic diseases
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
5
12. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding
Gender identity
Cooing
Reinforcer
Equilibrium
13. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?
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
Cephalocaudal
Nurture
Olfactory epithelium
14. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?
Breast-feeding
Fetal death
Elaboration
Corpus callosum
15. When do children develop object permanence?
Selective attention
6
Gene
Around age two
16. How many different theories of language development are there?
Egocentric behavior
Norplant
Autoimmune Theory
Three
17. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?
Dialectical perspective
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
Syphillis and rubella
Fit in
18. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?
Egocentrism
Personality
Teratology
Around age two
19. Age at with children start feeling a fear of the dark - which can be strong and appear suddenly
Vygotsky
Freud
6
Humanistic Theorists
20. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?
Middle childhood
Hippocampus
Zone of Proximal Development
Gene
21. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?
Explicit role instruction
Hippocampus
Short attention span
Spiritual - emotional - mental - and social health
22. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?
Increase
Suppression
Classical conditioning
Ferdinand Lamaze
23. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization
Dependent variable
Iris
Divergent thinkers
Qualitative
24. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?
Socialization
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Gilligan
Belonging and love
25. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
Watching their parents
Stimulus generalization
12+
26. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later
Cut in half
Adolescent Egocentrism
Monozygotic twins
Six or seven months
27. What types of drugs can hurt a developing fetus if taken by the mother?
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
Phonemes
Thalamus
Outer ear
28. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?
Monocular cues
Free morpheme
Class inclusion
Gilligan
29. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?
Natural prepared childbirth
Social aspect of language
The posterior (back) fontanel: within two months of birth. The anterior (front) fontanel: by the child's 2nd birthday.
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
30. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
Dura mater
12+
Corpus callosum
31. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?
Family therapy
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Pituitary gland
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
32. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points
Longitudinal Study
A will
Perception
Family therapy
33. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)
Half (23)
ADHD
Young Adult
Elaboration
34. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely
Negative reinforcer
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
Babbling
Free morpheme
35. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?
Esteem needs
IUD
Multiple caretakers
Teratogens
36. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?
Independent variable
RU-486
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Class inclusion
37. What is the ring of muscles that makes up the colored part of the eye?
On chromosomes
Object permanence
Iris
Babbling
38. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?
Selective
Middle childhood
Biological
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
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
Longitudinal Study
Quantitative
Hippocampus
40. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?
Stage 3
Contraception
Clinical psychologist
Monozygotic twins
41. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?
Gradually through shaping
Emotional neglect
Nature vs. nurture
Cerebral cortex
42. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?
Dyslexia
Spermicides
Gender roles
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
43. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?
Gerontology
Oral contraceptives
Create and release chemicals into the blood
The brain stem
44. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.
Physical needs
Cross Sectional Study
Skin appearance - 'age spots' - hair
Social learning theory
45. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?
Class inclusion
Valid
Authoritarian
Depo-Provera
46. Who introduced the scientific method?
Francis Bacon--16th century
Dialectical perspective
Denial (Shock)
Young Adult
47. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?
Socialization
Gestalt psychology
Weak correlation
Bargaining
48. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?
School-age Child
No correlation
Positive Correlation
Brain and spinal cord
49. What are the 8 psychological approaches?
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Depo-Provera
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
50. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Gentle birth
Recognition
Creative