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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)
Naturalistic observation
Old Age
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
Frontal lobe
2. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)
Preschooler
Reaction Formation
Ageism
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
3. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?
6
The right hand - right eye - and speech
Erik Erikson
Socialization
4. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?
Cut in half
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Naturalistic observation
Depo-Provera
5. 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.
Autoerotic behavior
5 & 6
Kibbutz
Nature vs. nurture
6. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?
Injections
Habituation
1 & 2
Erogenous zones
7. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
If the mom and child have different blood types - the mom's cells can attack the baby.
Skin appearance - 'age spots' - hair
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
8. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?
Mental health
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Preconventional Morality
Toxic shock syndrome
9. Third development of language
Hollow phrases
Infant
Humanistic
Parallel play
10. 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?
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Cooing
Gender identity
Diaphragm
11. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)
Stimulus generalization
Dialectical perspective
Vestibular sense
Reciprocal determinism
12. 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
Id
Ethics
Humanistic
10-14 months
13. All other variables w/in an experiment that researchers do not have control over
Social learning theory
Allow the skull's plates of bone to shift or flex - making childbirth easier.
Dependent variable
If the mom and child have different blood types - the mom's cells can attack the baby.
14. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?
Stage
Recall
Developmental norm
Pituitary gland
15. First development of language; pre-speech
Extinction
Cooing
Autonomic Nervous System
99%
16. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
The more accurate the result
Hypothalamus
Cross-modal perception
Binocular cues
17. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?
Experimental research
Gender conservation
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Pituitary gland
18. What is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion
Subject
Constant
Selective attention
Spiritual health
19. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.
5
Contraception
Behavioral
Sexually transmitted diseases
20. What is the ring of muscles that makes up the colored part of the eye?
Iris
Content validity
Young-old
Divergent thinking
21. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Autism
Gender identity
Pavlov; classical conditioning
22. What is the term for fraternal twins?
Medicated delivery
Positive reinforcer
Dizygotic twins
Outer ear
23. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs
Psychiatrist
Correlation coefficient
Classical conditioning
1 in 14 -000
24. Who made the first IQ test?
Alfred Binet
Elaboration
Endocrine system
Modeling
25. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?
Rods
Inner ear
Wilhelm Wundt
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
26. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?
Maslow
Correlational research
Fluid intelligence
Obstetrician-gynecologist
27. Believed each person had an idea of a 'perfect person' and tried to work towards being like that person as much as possible - believing that people needed to become 'fully functioning' individuals
Carl Rogers
William James
Young-old
Old Age
28. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?
1 & 2
Egocentric behavior
Cognitive improvement
2
29. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints
Pituitary gland
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Reaction Formation
Stage 2
30. A set of cases of people randomly chosen from a large group to represent that large group
Sampling
Medicated delivery
As soon as the bell was rung
Bisexual
31. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.
Cerebrum
Fit in
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
William James
32. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points
Longitudinal Study
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
Increase
Natural observation
33. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?
Condom
Vestibular sense
ADHD
Divergent thinking
34. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?
Emotional health
Holophrase syntax
Erik Erikson
Best friend
35. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?
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36. What is: attraction to both sexes?
Autoerotic behavior
Ferdinand Lamaze
Gender conservation
Bisexual
37. When one variable increases while another variable decreases. We call this a what?
Informed consent
Self-esteem
1 & 2
Negative Correlation
38. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?
Middle ear
Self-report data
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Bound morpheme
39. Is there currently a cure for Alzheimer's disease?
No
Creative
Operant conditioning
Endocrine system
40. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?
A census
Regression
Authoritative
Obstetrician-gynecologist
41. How much is hearing developed in neonates?
Middle ear
Infertility
Mostly developed by the time of birth
4-9
42. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?
Perception
Conception
Mostly developed by the time of birth
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
43. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?
Dependent variable
Pitch
Lens
Recognition
44. Self-esteem begins forming in:
Autoimmune Theory
Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying
No
Middle childhood
45. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
Esteem needs
Morphemes
Sound waves
Middle-old
46. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?
50%
Preconventional Morality
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Family practitioner
47. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?
John Watson
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Contraception
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
48. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?
Gestures
Natural observation
Smell
Hippocampus
49. How does the pupil work?
Condom
Homosexual
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
50. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Rite of Passage
Cooing
Echolalia