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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity
Mainstreaming
Hypokinetic diseases
Ferdinand Lamaze
Teratogens
2. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?
Socialization
Functionalism
Accommodation
Three percent
3. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?
Longitudinal fissure
Laboratory observation
Limbic system
Miscarriages or stillbirths
4. How does the pupil work?
Papillae
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
Dependent variable
5. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?
Behavioral
Fontanels
Cephalocaudal
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
6. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'
Crystallized intelligence
Midwife
Anger (Emotion)
Nurture
7. What is the term for identical twins?
Behaviorism
Monozygotic twins
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Self-efficacy
8. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?
Rubella
Safety
2
Cones
9. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Self-report data
10. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics
Cerebral palsy
Object permanence
Mode
Biological
11. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?
Subject
Alzheimer's Disease
Accommodation
Authoritative
12. What is the most popular method for giving birth?
Divergent thinking
Bargaining
Medicated delivery
Chomsky
13. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?
Operant conditioning
Super Ego
Selera
2
14. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?
Breast-feeding
Id
1 & 2
Mostly developed by the time of birth
15. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?
Alternative - or artificial - insemination
Genes
Abortion
Peer group
16. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?
Homophobia
Semantics
Convergent thinking
Classification
17. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?
Id - Ego - Super Ego
The brain
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Creative
18. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?
They were not scientifically performed
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Celibacy
Olfactory sense
19. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child
Reaction Formation
Rite of Passage
The Premack Principle
Psychological maltreatment
20. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male
5 & 6
Cephalocaudal
Gilligan
Diaphragm
21. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?
Inner ear
Best friend
Iris
Fetal tobacco syndrome
22. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?
Conceive at younger ages
Full (46)
Spermicides
Gilligan
23. Experiment where researchers made a baby afraid of rats through classical conditioning
Autoerotic behavior
Extinction
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Baby Albert
24. What do children in early language development not understand?
Socialization
Figurative language
Avoid punishment
Erogenous zones
25. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used
Humanistic
Naturalistic observation
Emergency contraception
Holophrase syntax
26. 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?
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Operant conditioning
Correlation Research
Middle-age Adult
27. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?
Gender
Independent variable
5
Humanistic
28. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?
Stage 5
Mostly developed by the time of birth
Autonomic Nervous System
3 & 4
29. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?
Pavlov; classical conditioning
Occipital - temporal - frontal - and parietal.
Freud
Short attention span
30. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?
Condom
Crystallized intelligence
Genetic Mutation
Pituitary gland
31. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Stage 3
Binocular cues
Deferred imitation
Miscarriages or stillbirths
32. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?
Reciprocal determinism
Divergent thinkers
Explicit role instruction
Gestalt psychology
33. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize
Gradually through shaping
Correlation Research
Clinical psychologist
Extrinsic reinforcer
34. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?
Divergent thinking
Visual cliff
Wilhelm Wundt
Correlation Research
35. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?
Teratology
Elaboration
Carl Rogers
Ferdinand Lamaze
36. A baby repeating what you just said
Echolalia
Contextual
Accommodation
IUD
37. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?
Multiple caretakers
Conceive at younger ages
Cross Sectional Study
Maslow
38. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over
Cut in half
Stage 4
Monozygotic twins
Independent variable
39. Four steps of the scientific method include:
John Watson
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
Extrinsic reinforcer
A will
40. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)
Operation
Amniocentesis
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Deferred imitation
41. A reinforcer that comes from within the individual--something emotional.
Accommodation
Intrinsic reinforcer
Selera
Corpus callosum
42. What is the factor that always stays the same?
6
Infant
Qualitative
Constant
43. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?
The brain
Contraception
Not fully developed; but can distinguish color - track movement - and bright objects.
No
44. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.
Kohlberg
Best friend
Family situation - the world around you - lifespan - and maturity.
Stage 6
45. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.
Emotional health
Psychiatrist
Egocentrism
Perception
46. Where are genes carried?
Gene
The right hand - right eye - and speech
On chromosomes
Nurture
47. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?
Dura mater
4-9
Middle childhood
As soon as the bell was rung
48. The repetition of certain syllables
Babbling
Bandura
Placebo effect
Clinical psychologist
49. What is the part in the back of the eye that includes receptors called rods and cones?
Osteoporosis
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Retina
Down syndrome
50. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.
Self-actualization
Subjects may be dishonest w/ their answers
Rubella
Gestalt psychology