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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?
Young-old
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
Authoritative
Humanistic Theorists
2. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates
Super Ego
If the mom and child have different blood types - the mom's cells can attack the baby.
Cerebrum
Ego
3. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.
Parallel play
Stage 4
23 pairs
Echolalia
4. Rogers and Maslow are both:
Humanistic Theorists
Young-old
Commissures
Independent variable
5. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?
Spiritual health
Physical needs
Base of the skull; size of a pea
Maslow
6. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?
Bargaining
Automatic
Miscarriages or stillbirths
Recognition
7. What two things make up the central nervous system?
Intrinsic reinforcer
William James
Visual cliff
Brain and spinal cord
8. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.
Cross Sectional Study
Projection
Sexual identity
Negative Correlation
9. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?
Avoid punishment
Cross-modal perception
In vitro fertilization
Breast-feeding
10. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.
Social learning theory
Preconventional - conventional - postconventional
Morality of Justice
Sound waves
11. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?
Dizygotic twins
Teratogens
Monocular cues
3-7
12. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?
Fluid intelligence
Physical needs
Longitudinal Study
Teratology
13. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?
Wilhelm Wundt
Cornea and lens
Cognitive
Iris
14. How does the pupil work?
Psychometrics
Cellular Theory
RU-486
Opens and closes to let the correct amount of light in
15. When do children develop object permanence?
On chromosomes
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Virginia Apgar - or Apgar Rating
Around age two
16. Who created structuralism?
Wilhelm Wundt
Gerontology
Midwife
Family practitioner
17. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?
Three
Middle ear
Gestalt psychology
Corpus callosum
18. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?
Adolescent Egocentrism
Gender
Echolalia
Cerebral palsy
19. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?
Humanistic Theorists
Behavioral
Gestalt psychology
Inner ear
20. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?
Ageism
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
Absolute threshold
Regression
21. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death
A will
Humanistic
Amniocentesis
Behavioral
22. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?
Psychoanalytical
As soon as the bell was rung
Because at birth cells aren't well connected (lacking in myelin - or nerve insulation)
Independent variable
23. Individual sounds w/ in a word
Invincibility fable
...
Phonemes
Parietal lobe
24. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?
Survey
None!!
Gerontology
Binocular cues
25. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Rite of Passage
Modeling
90%
26. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?
Corpus callosum
The brain stem
The Premack Principle
Suppression
27. An environment where children live and attend school
Projection
Natural observation
Teratogens
Peer group
28. What is: an experienced practitioner who can attend pregnancies and deliveries?
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
Midwife
Have more bland personalities and often difficult for them to create and maintain intimate relationships as they have a lack of emotional depth
Ferdinand Lamaze
29. Self-esteem begins forming in:
Bound morpheme
Convergent thinking
Gerontology
Middle childhood
30. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?
Longitudinal fissure
Olfactory epithelium
Olfactory sense
Habituation
31. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?
Set high standards - assist along the way
9-15
Valid
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
32. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?
Harry Harlow
Cochlea
Mentally retarded
Regression
33. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?
Fontanels
Wilhelm Wundt
Adrenal glands
Deferred imitation
34. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?
Humanistic
Mental health
Prenatal development
Parietal lobe
35. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?
Endocrine system
Habituation
Allow the skull's plates of bone to shift or flex - making childbirth easier.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
36. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?
B.F. Skinner
9-15
Multiple caretakers
Acceptance
37. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?
Childhood depression
Morphemes
Schema
5
38. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Maslow
The meanlinkk of utterance (how long their sentences are)
Cerebral palsy
39. What does the right half of the brain control?
Outer ear
Dizygotic twins
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
Bound morpheme
40. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.
Nurture
Nature vs. nurture
RU-486
Dialectical perspective
41. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?
Operant Conditioning
Ego
Survey
Cochlea
42. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?
Osteoporosis
Iris
Papillae
Random assignment
43. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?
Qualitative
Mainstreaming
Monocular cues
Lens
44. Third development of language
Hollow phrases
Id
Authoritative
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
45. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?
Bargaining
The Premack Principle
Operant conditioning
Object permanence
46. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates
Invincibility fable
3-7
Long labors or birth complications
Dyscalcula
47. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Preschooler
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Pia mater
48. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs
Psychiatrist
Ethics
Cones
Schema
49. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?
Norplant
2
Habituation
Proximodistal
50. What is the term for oxygen deficiency to the brain?
The more accurate the result
Gestures
Biological; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanistic; Psychoanalytical; Structuralism; Functionalism; Nature vs. Nurture
Cerebral anoxia