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






2. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?






3. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment






4. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






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






6. Stages of friendship: intimate






7. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?






8. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates






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






10. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






11. Individual sounds w/ in a word






12. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment






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






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






15. What purpose do fontanels have?

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16. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling






17. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?






18. What controls breathing and heart rate?






19. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






20. What is: your feelings and reactions






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






22. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative






23. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential






24. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






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






26. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age






27. How does the pupil work?






28. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






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






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






31. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






32. When does language development begin?






33. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?






34. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






35. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






36. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






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






38. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:






39. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?






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






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






42. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.

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43. What is the factor that always stays the same?






44. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






45. The larger the sample:






46. What are the two parts responsible for bending light and focusing it in the back of the eye?






47. What does the left half of the brain control?






48. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?






49. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






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