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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: Generativity vs. Stagnation? (giving to the next generation)
Middle-age Adult
Schema
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Fluid intelligence
2. The process of unassociating the condition with the response
Humanistic
...
Extinction
Bargaining
3. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others
1) Gather info - 2) Generate hypothesis - 3) Test hypothesis - 4) Revise
1 in 14 -000
Projection
Egocentrism
4. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?
Convergent thinking
Cerebellum
Fetal tobacco syndrome
Medicated delivery
5. Defense mechanism: a type of displacement - a redirection of the feeling into a socially productive activity
90%
Babbling
Sublimation
Cross-modal perception
6. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?
Belonging and love
Cerebrospinal fluid
Dyslexia
Mainstreaming
7. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?
Genes
Semantics
Harry Harlow
Contraception
8. When is anoxia a problem in births?
Natural prepared childbirth
Operation
Dura mater
Long labors or birth complications
9. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Punishment
Constant
Negative reinforcer
10. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable
Independent variable
Adrenal glands
Childhood depression
Mostly developed by the time of birth
11. A set of cases of people randomly chosen from a large group to represent that large group
Modeling
Autoimmune Theory
Fluid intelligence
Sampling
12. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus
Anger (Emotion)
Reaction Formation
Classical conditioning
Classification
13. Experiment when none of the doctors - researchers - and participants know who is getting the real drug
Double blind
Homosexual
Valid
Ivan Pavlov
14. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?
Independent variable
Telegraphic speech
Survey
Self-esteem
15. 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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16. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?
Stage 2
Longitudinal fissure
Norplant
Self-efficacy
17. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free
Crystallized intelligence
Sampling
Morphemes
Schema
18. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?
Not fully developed; but can distinguish color - track movement - and bright objects.
Natural prepared childbirth
Denial (Shock)
Recognition
19. How is IQ calculated?
6
Psychoanalytical
Diaphragm
Mental age/Chronological age - x 100
20. 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.
Autoerotic behavior
Weak correlation
Dizygotic twins
Parallel play
21. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency
Clinical psychologist
Natural prepared childbirth
Pitch
Strong correlation
22. What is the name of the largest commissure?
Corpus callosum
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Positive reinforcer
Self-concept
23. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?
Drugs - diseases (like HIV - rubella) - and pollutants (mercury - radiation - etc)
Classical conditioning
Cerebral cortex
Hypothalamus
24. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats
Multiple caretakers
Wilhelm Wundt
ADHD
Stimulus generalization
25. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?
Frontal lobe
Conceive at younger ages
Obstetrician-gynecologist - family practitioner - or midwife
Noise
26. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?
The cerebrum
Cognitive
Fluid intelligence
Three percent
27. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?
Family therapy
Middle-old
Divergent thinking
Watching their parents
28. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation
Daydreaming
Stage 3
Pia mater
Raymond Cattell
29. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?
Valid
90%
Bisexual
Echolalia
30. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Osteoporosis
Pituitary gland
Bargaining
31. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.
Denial (Shock)
Invincibility fable
Left hand - left eye - and simple comprehension
Telegraphic speech
32. How many different theories of language development are there?
Random assignment
Three
Safety
John Watson
33. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?
Safety
Object permanence
Daydreaming
Five
34. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?
Classification
Thalamus
Pitch
Cognitive
35. Fourth development of language
Telegraphic speech
Pupil
Cerebrospinal fluid
Freud
36. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?
Humanistic
First trimester
Pituitary gland
99%
37. What is: relating new information to something familiar
Elaboration
Authoritative
Monozygotic twins
Parietal lobe
38. What is the term for identical twins?
Gestures
Six or seven months
Monozygotic twins
Watching their parents
39. What system is made up of the hypothalamus and other glands?
Parietal lobe
Multiple caretakers
Dyscalcula
Endocrine system
40. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)
Bargaining
Long labors or birth complications
Half (23)
Young Adult
41. Where are genes carried?
Longitudinal Study
On chromosomes
5
Object permanence
42. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?
Proximodistal
Middle-old
Fetal death
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
43. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.
Genes
Bell would ring - then feed the dogs - Dogs would salivate when given food - Over time dogs began to salivate simply at ring of bell
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
Longitudinal fissure
44. The average of a data set
Mean
Norplant
Dura mater
Cones
45. Individual sounds w/ in a word
Self-actualization
Spiritual health
Convergent thinking
Phonemes
46. What purpose do fontanels have?
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47. Which lobe is related to hearing?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
They can be coached into learning a type of test--do better or worse - etc.
Gonads
Temporal lobe
48. 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?
The posterior (back) fontanel: within two months of birth. The anterior (front) fontanel: by the child's 2nd birthday.
Olfactory epithelium
Classical conditioning
Iris
49. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs
Cerebrospinal fluid
Acceptance
Preschooler
Psychiatrist
50. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?
Preschooler
Cerebral cortex
Not fully developed; but can distinguish color - track movement - and bright objects.
Adolescent Egocentrism