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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?
Gene
Occipital lobe
23 pairs
John Watson
2. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?
Breast-feeding
Gender
Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
William James
3. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly
Random assignment
Behaviorism
Extinction
Spiritual - emotional - mental - and social health
4. 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
Full (46)
Semantics
Behavioral
Carl Rogers
5. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Erik Erikson
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
6. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?
Maslow
Operation
Psychometrics
Pons
7. 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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8. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?
Positive reinforcer
1 & 2
IUD
Lens
9. What are the three parts of memory?
Francis Bacon--16th century
Nature
Cerebellum
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
10. Imitation of a past-observed behavior
Deferred imitation
Francis Bacon--16th century
Fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence
Morphemes
11. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?
Gender role stereotypes
School-age Child
Lewis Terman
Full (46)
12. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?
Operation
Natural prepared childbirth
Valid
Creative
13. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?
The cerebrum
Fit in
Down syndrome
Lewis Terman
14. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?
Socialization
Stage
Mainstreaming
Lewis Terman
15. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge
Osteoporosis
Cerebrospinal fluid
Self-actualization
Denial
16. What two things make up the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal cord
Modeling
Kibbutz
Classical conditioning
17. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet
Independent variable
Content validity
Morality of Care
Hippocampus
18. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?
Five
Hour of love
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
Hollow phrases
19. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures
Psychometrics
Gentle birth
Psychiatrist
Structuralism
20. Babies are rewarded with food/attention with they say 'mama' etc - so they continue to say those words and learn new ones; what idea does this theory follow?
Id
Cross-modal perception
Operant conditioning
Fontanels
21. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?
Corpus callosum
Obstetrician-gynecologist
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Papillae
22. The awareness of being a male or female
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
Fontanels
Gender identity
Norplant
23. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?
Content validity
Convergent thinking
Half (23)
Six or seven months
24. What is: the ability to associate something from one area of knowledge - and use that to determine or imagine what it is like in other aspects?
Quantitative
Cross-modal perception
Laboratory observation
Neonate
25. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?
Unoccupied behavior - onlooker - solitary independent (plays alone) - parallel play (plays around but not w/ others) - associative - cooperative play
Retina
Smell
Papillae
26. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior
Dyscalcula
Behaviorism
Social aspect of language
Consciousness
27. Putting disabled students w/ normal students
Hospice
Authoritarian
10-14 months
Mainstreaming
28. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?
Toxic shock syndrome
Medicated delivery
Punishment
Long labors or birth complications
29. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?
Cognitive theorist
Survey
Injections
On chromosomes
30. Categories of old age: 75-84
Middle-old
Absolute threshold
Jean Piaget
3
31. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage
Anger (Emotion)
Gerontology
Stage 6
Sweet - bitter - salty - sour
32. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?
B.F. Skinner
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Perception
Cooing
33. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
Up to 6 months of observation by doctors
Psychoanalytic theory
Middle ear
34. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?
Hypokinetic diseases
Morality of Justice
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
35. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number
Quantitative
Psychological Tests
Gender role stereotypes
Syphillis and rubella
36. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats
Stimulus generalization
Reinforcer
Free morpheme
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
37. What do endocrine glands do?
Gentle birth
Infertility
Pons
Create and release chemicals into the blood
38. What are the four lobes of the brain?
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
Olfactory sense
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
39. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Thalamus
Psychological Tests
Spermicides
40. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?
Full (46)
Abstinence
Three percent
Thalamus
41. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?
Strong correlation
Frequency
Francis Bacon--16th century
Watching their parents
42. What is the middle number in a set of data called?
Perception
Erik Erikson
Median
Kohlberg
43. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?
Double blind
Hypokinetic diseases
Selective attention
Id
44. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?
Resilient child
Operant conditioning
Gradually through shaping
Amplitude
45. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them
Creative
Esteem needs
Response extinction
Naturalistic observation
46. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else
Proximodistal
Displacement
Longitudinal fissure
Inner ear
47. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
Socialization
Toddler
Morphemes
Psychoanalytical
48. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?
Double blind
Occipital lobe
Cut in half
Dura mater
49. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?
Appearance - pulse - grimace (reflex) - activity - and respiration
Adolescent Egocentrism
Childhood depression
Psychological maltreatment
50. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency
Humanistic Theorists
Pitch
Genetic Mutation
Set high standards - assist along the way