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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 controls breathing and heart rate?






2. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?






3. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






4. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?






5. Who created structuralism?






6. Which though process is follower thinking?






7. How is extinction best achieved?






8. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize






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






10. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'






11. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)






12. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






13. Therapy that involves the whole family






14. 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?






15. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet






16. 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






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






18. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics






19. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






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






21. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?






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






23. What are the four stages of sexual response?






24. When people of different ages are studied at one particular time






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






26. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






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






28. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?






29. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)






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






31. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






32. Biological theories of aging: we only have a certain number of cells - which are programmed to only replicate so many times before they are finished and the body begins to deteriorate






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






34. What is: the debate between whether a child is born a bad seed--with whatever disposition/tastes/personality they were meant to have; or that a child is born good - with their upbringing affecting their later personality and actions.






35. First development of language; pre-speech






36. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






37. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?






38. What is the part in the back of the eye that includes receptors called rods and cones?






39. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?






40. How is IQ calculated?






41. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?






42. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?






43. 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.






44. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






45. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






46. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?






47. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'






48. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






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






50. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?