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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology
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1. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?
Class inclusion
Organ of corti
Sexually transmitted diseases
Irritability - social responsiveness - and activity level
2. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?
Gender
Gestalt psychology
Median
Fetal tobacco syndrome
3. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?
Cognitive
The brain
Gender conservation
Heterosexual
4. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter
Closure
All drugs - including over the counter - aspirin - coffee
Physical needs
John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
5. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds
Sexual orientation
Wear-and-Tear Theory
Babbling
Preconventional Morality
6. Imitation of a past-observed behavior
Social development or social cognition
Emotional health
Maslow
Deferred imitation
7. When is anoxia a problem in births?
Long labors or birth complications
Figurative language
Qualitative
You need two - one from each parent - to conceive.
8. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child
Gestalt psychology
Habituation
Rite of Passage
9-15
9. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Avoid punishment
Longitudinal Study
Teratology
10. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.
Convergent thinking
Fit in
Kleinfelter Syndrome; male
Response extinction
11. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior
4
RU-486
Esteem needs
Rationalization
12. What are the four components of psychosocial health?
Homosexual
Humanistic
Critical period
Spiritual - emotional - mental - and social health
13. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?
Humanistic Theorists
Oral contraceptives
Correlation Research
Figurative language
14. Stages of friendship: one way assistance
They were not scientifically performed
Gender
Cognitive theorist
4-9
15. Who introduced the scientific method?
Telegraphic speech
Psychoanalytic theory
Operation
Francis Bacon--16th century
16. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?
10
Modeling
Preparatory Depression
Independent variable
17. Where are genes carried?
Gerontology
Quantitative
On chromosomes
Reciprocal determinism
18. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?
Natural observation
Infant
Authoritarian
Dependent variable
19. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?
Commissures
Syphillis and rubella
Corpus callosum
Slowed growth - body/face malfunctions - nervous system disorders - mental retardation.
20. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?
Denial (Shock)
Create and release chemicals into the blood
Commissures
Spermicides
21. Which of these diseases can cause miscarriage - stillbirth - heart defects - deafness - and other problems?
Self-report data
Monocular cues
Norplant
Rubella
22. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?
Gradually through shaping
6
90%
Teratogens
23. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?
Young Adult
Contraception
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO)
Morality of Care
24. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?
Response extinction
Injections
Psychological maltreatment
Figurative language
25. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?
Vygotsky
Lens
Reinforcer
Cross-modal perception
26. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?
Loudness
Independent variable
Zygote
Lewis Terman
27. Which thought process is a creative process?
Assimilation
Middle-old
Cognitive
Divergent thinking
28. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age
Morphemes
Genetic Mutation
Self-actualization - Esteem needs - Belonging and love - Safety - Physical needs
Cognitive theorist
29. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?
Sympathetic - parasympathetic - and enteric
Sexually transmitted diseases
Self-efficacy
Egocentrism
30. Visible signs of aging include:
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31. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?
5 & 6
Dialectical perspective
99%
Adolescent Egocentrism
32. 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
Natural prepared childbirth
Socialization
Functionalism
Lewis Terman
33. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought
Long labors or birth complications
Gender conservation
Structuralism
Nature vs. nurture
34. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?
Kibbutz
Pituitary gland
Cerebral palsy
As they age
35. What are the four characteristics of perception?
Stage 2
Kohlberg
Accommodation
Automatic - selective - contextual - and creative
36. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize
Rite of Passage
Neonate
Extrinsic reinforcer
Echolalia
37. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?
William James
Cognitive
Five
The cerebrum
38. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?
Stage 2
Gender identity
Convergent thinking
Gene
39. 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
Carl Rogers
Binocular cues
Survey
Bias
40. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?
Excitement - plateau - orgasm - and resolution phases
Toddler
Organ of corti
Fetal tobacco syndrome
41. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?
Behavioral
Iris
Watching their parents
Positive reinforcer
42. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?
Stage 4
The skull - dura mater membrane - arachnoid layer - and pia mater.
Conception
Psychiatrist
43. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?
Semantics
Nurture
The more accurate the result
Selera
44. What is the term for identical twins?
Automatic
Monozygotic twins
Cerebral palsy
Papillae
45. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?
Cerebral cortex
Erik Erikson
Inner ear
4
46. First development of language; pre-speech
Raymond Cattell
The brain stem
Cooing
Deferred imitation
47. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families
Preconventional Morality
Ageism
Authoritarian
Spiritual health
48. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?
Midwife
Cochlea
Papillae
Fetal alcohol syndrome
49. 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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50. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?
Experimental research
Visual cliff
Babbling
Lewis Terman