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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.






4. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs






5. Who created functionalism?






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






7. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






8. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?






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






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






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






12. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






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






14. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






15. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.






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






17. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






18. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






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






20. The best way to teach children values is?






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






22. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?






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






24. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?






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






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






27. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






28. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






29. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






30. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






31. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






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






33. Stages of friendship: intimate






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






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






36. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people






37. A child that is always in a hurry






38. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






39. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding






40. Not physical abuse but when the child feels rejected or feels failure






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






42. 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?






43. The larger the sample:






44. Which lobe is related to hearing?






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






46. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






47. The average of a data set






48. What is: an experienced practitioner who can attend pregnancies and deliveries?






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






50. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.