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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Rogers and Maslow are both:






2. Dying w/o a will






3. What are the four lobes of the brain?






4. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






5. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics






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






7. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?






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






9. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






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






11. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.






12. If you are A positive blood - what is that in terms of Rh factor?






13. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






14. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






15. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?






16. What are the three different types of teratogens?






17. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






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






19. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?






20. A morpheme that can be a word on its own






21. What is: a person's attraction to other people?






22. Believing women followed a different progression than men - she called the moral progression of the woman what?






23. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?






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






25. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






26. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view






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






28. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?






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






30. Types of child play in chronological order:






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






32. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.






33. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them






34. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable






35. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?






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






37. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?






38. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?






39. What is the term for identical twins?






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






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






42. What is: attraction to both sexes?






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






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






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






46. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






47. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






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






49. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?






50. 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.