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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?
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2. What coordinates all movements and muscles?
Cerebellum
Absolute threshold
Crystallized intelligence
Functionalism
3. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?
Physical needs
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Independent variable
4. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families
90%
Around age two
Laboratory observation
Authoritarian
5. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Cognitive
Old Age
Psychoanalytical
6. 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
Functionalism
Resilient child
Perception
Preconventional Morality
7. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?
RU-486
Classical conditioning
Double blind
Cochlea
8. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?
Crystallized intelligence
William James
Adrenal glands
Stage 6
9. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?
Psychometrics
Autonomic Nervous System
Maslow
Classical conditioning works more to explain reflexive or unconscious reactions - Operant conditioning works to explain elective actions and reactions
10. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?
In vitro fertilization
Frontal lobe
Encoding the information - represnting the information - and retrieving information from memory.
Abortion
11. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?
Hypothalamus
Breast-feeding
Selera
Infant
12. The process of unassociating the condition with the response
Denial (Shock)
Obstetrician-gynecologist
Extinction
Wilhelm Wundt
13. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?
Erik Erikson
Depth perception
Positive Correlation
Cerebral anoxia
14. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?
6
Cerebral anoxia
Correlation Research
Cornea
15. What two things make up the central nervous system?
Socialization
Brain and spinal cord
Stage 1
Humanistic Theorists
16. 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)
4
Critical period
Five
Increase
17. Who created structuralism?
Preoperational stage (ages 3-6)
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
Subject
Wilhelm Wundt
18. 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
Hypokinetic diseases
Norplant
Egocentrism
Smell
19. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:
Pons
Authoritarian
Set high standards - assist along the way
Obstetrician-gynecologist
20. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought
Structuralism
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Mainstreaming
Median
21. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling
Reaction Formation
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Infertility
Id
22. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?
Smell
The meanlinkk of utterance (how long their sentences are)
Wilhelm Wundt
Independent variable
23. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings
Gentle birth
Regression
ADHD
Cerebellum
24. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally
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25. Visible signs of aging include:
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26. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:
Mean
Erogenous zones
Id - Ego - Super Ego
Negative reinforcer
27. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)
Toddler
Independent variable
Classification
Punishment
28. Therapy that involves the whole family
Family therapy
Family practitioner
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Self-concept
29. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?
Middle ear
Auditory System
Unoccupied behavior - onlooker - solitary independent (plays alone) - parallel play (plays around but not w/ others) - associative - cooperative play
Bound morpheme
30. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Stage 2
Assimilation
Creative
31. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?
Rods
Habituation
Deferred imitation
Base of the skull; size of a pea
32. The scientific study of words and sentences
Abortion
4-9
Semantics
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
33. Which thought process is a creative process?
Wilhelm Wundt
Avoid punishment
Cerebrospinal fluid
Divergent thinking
34. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation
Resilient child
Pia mater
Dialectical perspective
Organ of corti
35. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?
Weak correlation
Three percent
Base of the skull; size of a pea
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
36. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?
Syphillis and rubella
Sublimation
Infertility
Humanistic
37. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase
Cones
Selera
Stage 1
Humanistic Theorists
38. What is the factor that always stays the same?
Denial
Constant
Displacement
Best friend
39. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional
Displacement
Self-concept
99%
Gender role stereotypes
40. The number which occurs the most often
Gilligan
Smell
Classical conditioning
Mode
41. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?
Dependent variable
Mental health
Frontal lobe
Quantitative
42. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?
It measures a child against their peers - in that moment
Cellular Theory
Sampling
Endocrine system
43. 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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44. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes
Behaviorism
Dyscalcula
Stage 1
Permissive
45. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:
Cesarean birth
Avoid punishment
Psychoanalytic theory
Oral contraceptives
46. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?
Selera
Corpus callosum
Pituitary gland
Cross-modal perception
47. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds
Babbling
99%
Celibacy
Pupil
48. In the Harlow experiment: between the wire monkey+bottle - and cloth monkey+no bottle - which fake mother did the babies prefer?
Self-efficacy
Behaviorism
The cloth monkey
3 & 4
49. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?
Middle ear
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Accommodation
Operation
50. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Outer ear
John Watson
Short attention span