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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?
Cognitive
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
Gene
Lens
2. Four steps of the scientific method include:
Bound morpheme
Egocentric behavior
Watching their parents
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
3. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?
Pons
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Organ of corti
Fetal alcohol syndrome
4. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?
Retina
Nurture
Psychological maltreatment
Fluid intelligence
5. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?
Assimilation
Six or seven months
Spermicides
Commissures
6. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:
Rationalization
Operant conditioning
Weak correlation
Conservation
7. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?
Erik Erikson
Commissures
Corpus callosum
Operant conditioning
8. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages
Preparatory Depression
...
Childhood depression
5
9. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?
Cross-modal perception
Phonemes
Fluid intelligence
Monocular cues
10. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.
Monozygotic twins
Toxic shock syndrome
Self-efficacy
Behavioral
11. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Stage 1
Cerebral anoxia
Perception
12. How is IQ calculated?
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
Freud
Parietal lobe
Maslow
13. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?
Three percent
Qualitative
Cephalocaudal
Childhood depression
14. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Kibbutz
Social development or social cognition
Spermicides
15. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death
90%
Androgynous
A will
Behaviorism
16. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)
If the mom and child have different blood types - the mom's cells can attack the baby.
Young Adult
Proximodistal
Object permanence
17. A correlation coefficient of zero
The cerebrum
Alfred Binet
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
No correlation
18. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?
Cerebral palsy
Abortion
Sigmund Freud
Operant conditioning
19. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?
Holophrase syntax
Condom
Allow the skull's plates of bone to shift or flex - making childbirth easier.
Baby Albert
20. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment
Mental health
Id
Belonging and love
Watching their parents
21. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:
Operation
Experimental group and control group
Chomsky
Loudness
22. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?
Alfred Binet
Divergent thinking
Pitch
Cerebrospinal fluid
23. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
Watching their parents
Visual cliff
Morphemes
Conception
24. A morpheme that can be a word on its own
Free morpheme
Spiritual health
Ageism
Cross Sectional Study
25. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?
Carl Rogers
Response extinction
Sympathetic nervous system
ADHD
26. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings
Elaboration
Gonads
Regression
Depth perception
27. Which lobe is related to body sensations?
Displacement
Parietal lobe
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Gestures
28. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Autoimmune Theory
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Sublimation
29. What is the least developed part of a newborn (growth is not complete)?
Cornea and lens
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
The brain/the cerebral cortex
Sexual orientation
30. Who first coined self-efficacy?
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Teratology
Pituitary gland
Bandura
31. Third development of language
Hollow phrases
Ivan Pavlov
Babbling
Chomsky
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
Automatic
5
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Cognitive
33. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures
Vygotsky
Strong correlation
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Psychometrics
34. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?
Mentally retarded
Figurative language
Selective attention
Childhood depression
35. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?
Natural observation
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Social development or social cognition
Family therapy
36. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number
Hurried-child
Vygotsky
Quantitative
Gender
37. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)
Accommodation
Best friend
Timbre
Preschooler
38. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time
Subject
Naturalistic observation
Gradually through shaping
Frequency
39. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation
Stage 5
Corpus callosum
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Homophobia
40. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?
Consciousness
The cerebrum
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Selera
41. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?
Sigmund Freud
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Women - men
Cones
42. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values
Authoritative
Dyscalcula
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Constant
43. What is: an M.D. who provides comprehensive care for people of all ages?
Independent variable
Clinical psychologist
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
Family practitioner
44. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?
Stillbirth
Retina
Pons
Experimental research
45. 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
Iris
Ego
Hippocampus
Self-concept
46. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?
Operant conditioning
Dizygotic twins
Occipital lobe
23 pairs
47. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?
Cornea
Puberty
Chomsky
Neonate
48. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?
Random assignment
Cerebrum
Social health
Qualitative
49. The process of unassociating the condition with the response
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Kibbutz
Extinction
Cognitive improvement
50. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?
Nurture
Operant conditioning
Teratology
Conception