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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. How is extinction best achieved?






2. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






3. What are the four lobes of the brain?






4. What is: psychological definition for having more equal personality characteristics between male&female?






5. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?






6. Which stage of development is: Generativity vs. Stagnation? (giving to the next generation)






7. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






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






9. What is a disease also called German measles?






10. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






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






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






13. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






14. When one variable increases while another variable decreases. We call this a what?






15. Where are genes carried?






16. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?






17. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?






18. Individual sounds w/ in a word






19. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






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






21. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






22. What is: relating new information to something familiar






23. What is another term for the system of hearing?






24. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






25. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?






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






27. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.






28. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?






29. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?






30. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?






31. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?






32. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






33. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?






34. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.






35. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally

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






37. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:






38. 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.






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






40. What are: drugs taken within three days to prevent pregnancy from instances such as no protection - or a broken condom?






41. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?






42. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






43. What is: irrelevant stimuli that compete for our attention (like traffic)






44. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






45. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?






46. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers






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






48. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






49. What are the three parts of memory?






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







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