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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A reinforcer that comes from within the individual--something emotional.






2. Who created structuralism?






3. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.






4. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






5. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?






6. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?






7. An environment where children live and attend school






8. Which lobe is related to vision?






9. What is the name of the scientist known as the father of genetics and inheritance?






10. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?






11. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?






12. What are: vibrations in the air that we receive through the ear to be processed?






13. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?






14. What is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion






15. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






16. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'






17. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






18. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?






19. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?






20. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






21. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






22. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?






23. 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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24. In a kibbutz - the real parents of children may see them for one hour a day - a time referred to as the __________.






25. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






26. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out






27. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?






28. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






29. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






30. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?






31. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?






32. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?






33. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






34. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?






35. Gilligan believed that ________ conflicted between self and other - while ________ conflicted between self and justice






36. The best way to teach children values is?






37. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?






38. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?






39. What is: another form of consciousness involving very little effort; dreaming while awake or letting the mind wander?






40. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:






41. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






42. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?






43. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?






44. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






45. A collection of data from all cases or people in the chosen set






46. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?






47. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






48. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?






49. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






50. Rogers and Maslow are both: