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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?
Amniocentesis
IUD
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
10-14 months
2. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response
Brain and spinal cord
Response extinction
Abortion
Kohlberg
3. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?
Conceive at younger ages
Parietal lobe
William James
RU-486
4. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?
Natural observation
Abstinence
Selective
Corpus callosum
5. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over
Intrinsic reinforcer
Independent variable
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Erogenous zones
6. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)
Experimental research
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Critical period
7. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Pitch
Independent variable
Celibacy
8. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages
Developmental norm
Preconventional Morality
Selective
...
9. A morpheme that can be a word on its own
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
Free morpheme
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
Nature vs. nurture
10. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Pavlov; classical conditioning
Humanistic Theorists
Content validity
11. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?
Correlation coefficient
They were not scientifically performed
Recall
Loudness
12. What are: drugs taken within three days to prevent pregnancy from instances such as no protection - or a broken condom?
Emergency contraception
Autism
Random assignment
Denial (Shock)
13. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.
Ivan Pavlov
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Reciprocal determinism
Psychoanalytical
14. 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
Self-report data
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
Id
Echolalia
15. Categories of old age: 85+
Authoritative
Socialization
Rh positive
Old-old
16. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?
Frontal lobe
Family practitioner
Psychoanalytic theory
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
17. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?
Recognition
Closure
Independent variable
Rh positive
18. Biological theories of aging: we only have a certain number of cells - which are programmed to only replicate so many times before they are finished and the body begins to deteriorate
Classical conditioning
Cellular Theory
Gestures
Adolescent Egocentrism
19. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Bandura
Safety
Free morpheme
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
20. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes
Hollow phrases
Permissive
The brain stem
Olfactory sense
21. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?
Lens
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
...
Middle childhood
22. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
No
Weak correlation
Positive Correlation
23. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?
Natural observation
Psychological maltreatment
Full (46)
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
24. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?
Adrenal glands
B.F. Skinner
Set high standards - assist along the way
Selective
25. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?
Hypothalamus
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
90%
Longitudinal fissure
26. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?
Rh positive
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Wilhelm Wundt
Cerebral cortex
27. Individual sounds w/ in a word
Occipital lobe
Endocrine system
Consciousness
Phonemes
28. Gilligan believed that ________ conflicted between self and other - while ________ conflicted between self and justice
Middle childhood
Women - men
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
John Watson
29. What is the term for fraternal twins?
Homophobia
Dizygotic twins
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
Selective
30. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:
Weak correlation
Reinforcer
Mode
Cognitive
31. Rogers and Maslow are both:
Cerebral palsy
School-age Child
B.F. Skinner
Humanistic Theorists
32. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?
Outer ear
Young-old
Depth perception
Regression
33. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?
Cut in half
Gentle birth
23 pairs
Recall
34. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.
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35. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?
IUD
Id
Allow the skull's plates of bone to shift or flex - making childbirth easier.
Babbling
36. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize
Cross-modal perception
Extrinsic reinforcer
Cognitive improvement
Depo-Provera
37. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:
Experimental group and control group
Genetic Mutation
Six months
Psychoanalytic theory
38. Which though process is follower thinking?
Diaphragm
Stage 6
William James
Convergent thinking
39. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?
Pituitary gland
Heterosexual
Three percent
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
40. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?
Carl Rogers
Infertility
Preparatory Depression
Outer ear
41. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?
Hypothalamus
Jean Piaget
Selective attention
Cones
42. A set of cases of people randomly chosen from a large group to represent that large group
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Sampling
Sympathetic nervous system
Condom
43. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them
3
Equilibrium
Pituitary gland
Suppression
44. Which lobe is related to body sensations?
Dizygotic twins
Strong correlation
Parietal lobe
A will
45. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied
Subject
Short attention span
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Depth perception
46. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought
Behavioral
Sexual orientation
Structuralism
Ego
47. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?
Social health
No correlation
Ageism
Stillbirth
48. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur
Androgynous
Critical period
Three percent
Reinforcer
49. What is another name for a newborn?
The brain
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Authoritative
Neonate
50. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?
Convergent thinking
Egocentrism
Noise
Hippocampus