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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative
Punishment
Middle-age Adult
Infant
Dependent variable
2. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied
Subject
Psychometrics
Deferred imitation
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
3. 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?
Nurture
Toxic shock syndrome
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
Socialization
4. A correlation coefficient of zero
No correlation
The more accurate the result
Peer group
Bandura
5. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?
Gender conservation
Hour of love
Alzheimer's Disease
Class inclusion
6. Who thought of the mind as a stream of consciousness--a flow of emotions - sensations and thoughts?
Full (46)
William James
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Gender
7. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?
Norplant
Autism
Smell
Parasympathetic
8. What is a disease also called German measles?
Pitch
Cesarean birth
Critical period
Rubella
9. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus
Classical conditioning
Dependent variable
Middle childhood
Long labors or birth complications
10. 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
Self-actualization
Watching their parents
Functionalism
Correlation Research
11. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view
Middle-old
Egocentric behavior
Cornea
Rite of Passage
12. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?
Correlation Research
Spiritual health
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Gender roles
13. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.
Regression
The more accurate the result
Social development or social cognition
Thalamus
14. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates
First trimester
Absolute threshold
3-7
Spiritual - emotional - mental - and social health
15. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Selective attention
Dura mater
Object permanence
16. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out
Automatic
Diaphragm
The cloth monkey
Wear-and-Tear Theory
17. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds
B.F. Skinner
Babbling
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
Outer ear
18. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet
Free morpheme
Content validity
Gender
Medicated delivery
19. Who introduced the scientific method?
Esteem needs
Hurried-child
Midwife
Francis Bacon--16th century
20. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?
The brain stem
Longitudinal fissure
Pitch
Psychometrics
21. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?
Conceive at younger ages
No
As they age
Suppression
22. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Explicit role instruction
5
Positive reinforcer
23. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:
Strong correlation
Dyscalcula
Occipital lobe
Women - men
24. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought
Stage 4
Hospice
Alfred Binet
Structuralism
25. What coordinates all movements and muscles?
Sterilization
Cerebellum
Gestures
Sexual orientation
26. How is extinction best achieved?
Gradually through shaping
Independent variable
3-7
Cones
27. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?
Valid
Contextual
The right hand - right eye - and speech
Operant conditioning
28. What is: small device to block access to the uterus; left in place with spermicide for 6-8 hours - in order to kill any remaining sperm?
Toddler
Diaphragm
9-15
Nature
29. Who created structuralism?
Wilhelm Wundt
Francis Bacon--16th century
Recall
Correlation Research
30. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?
Humanistic Theorists
Vestibular sense
Gentle birth
Regression
31. How was the visual cliff study conducted?
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32. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?
Long labors or birth complications
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Cochlea
Adolescent Egocentrism
33. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
Hour of love
Mainstreaming
Auditory System
34. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Absolute threshold
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
Three
35. What is the method of surgical delivery?
1 in 14 -000
Cesarean birth
Consciousness
First trimester
36. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?
Baby Albert
Full (46)
Psychometrics
Midwife
37. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
Lens
1 & 2
Noise
38. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together
Through actions - doing what you believe is correct
Increase
Schema
Cerebrospinal fluid
39. Types of child play in chronological order:
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Super Ego
Self-esteem
Unoccupied behavior - onlooker - solitary independent (plays alone) - parallel play (plays around but not w/ others) - associative - cooperative play
40. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?
99%
Obstetrician-gynecologist
Operation
Self-report data
41. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die
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42. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?
Loudness
Echolalia
Adolescent Egocentrism
Independent variable
43. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age
Maslow
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Cerebral cortex
Genetic Mutation
44. An environment where children live and attend school
Egocentrism
Three
Stimulus generalization
Peer group
45. The study of the aging process
Gerontology
Cross-modal perception
Best friend
Sound waves
46. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?
Fluid intelligence
Egocentrism
Babbling
Preparatory Depression
47. What is: a person's attraction to other people?
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Noise
Sexual orientation
Sigmund Freud
48. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?
Constant
Selective attention
Telegraphic speech
Pupil
49. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?
Natural prepared childbirth
Cerebrospinal fluid
Best friend
Holophrase syntax
50. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?
Hypothalamus
Cerebrospinal fluid
Hurried-child
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
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