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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. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






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






3. The study of the aging process






4. What do endocrine glands do?






5. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






6. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






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






8. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






9. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?






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






11. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






12. Therapy that involves the whole family






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






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






15. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?






16. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






17. Individual sounds w/ in a word






18. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?






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






20. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






21. Dying w/o a will






22. What are the three different types of teratogens?






23. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?






24. Stages of friendship: intimate






25. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?






26. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






27. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?






28. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge






29. When do children develop object permanence?






30. Age at with children start feeling a fear of the dark - which can be strong and appear suddenly






31. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.






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






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






34. What is a common learning disability in reading?






35. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?






36. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






37. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






38. The repetition of certain syllables






39. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?






40. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional






41. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






42. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?






43. What system is made up of the hypothalamus and other glands?






44. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






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






46. What side of the N/N debate means that a child will be born with whatever disposition - tastes - personality they were 'meant' to have; believe that there are bad seeds.






47. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?






48. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?






49. What are the four stages of sexual response?






50. How is extinction best achieved?