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DSST Lifespan Developmental 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. Age at which children begin to share their toys and interact w/ one another - associative play






3. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus






4. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






5. Self-esteem begins forming in:






6. How does the pupil work?






7. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






8. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






9. 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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10. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






11. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?






12. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?






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






14. What is: your feelings and reactions






15. First element to Vygotsky's theory: what does social interaction facilitate?






16. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






17. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?






18. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?






19. Means that the participants must know the content of the experiment and be warned of any risk or harm






20. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)






21. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats






22. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?






23. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






24. What does STDs stand for - including AIDS and herpes?






25. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?






26. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






27. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation






28. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?






29. 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.






30. Who believed that the unconscious motivates our actions - through the id - ego - and superego?






31. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






32. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






33. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?






34. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






35. What is: a permanent facility control done through surgical procedures?






36. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages






37. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






38. How many different theories of language development are there?






39. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?






40. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






41. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?






42. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.






43. What is: the gland that controls release of hormones from the gonads?






44. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?






45. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?






46. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely






47. Which lobe is related to hearing?






48. What are the three parts of memory?






49. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others






50. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families







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