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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. 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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2. What are the four stages of sexual response?






3. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






4. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






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






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






7. A baby repeating what you just said






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






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






10. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later






11. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






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






13. The distortion of the results






14. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






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






16. 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?






17. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






18. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?






19. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






20. What is another name for a newborn?






21. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?






22. The negative effects of sensory deprivation (not as much attention) are more likely to _______ w/ the length of the stage.






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






24. Who made the first IQ test?






25. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






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






27. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






28. Which stage of development is: Trust vs. Mistrust?






29. Experiment when none of the doctors - researchers - and participants know who is getting the real drug






30. Four steps of the scientific method include:






31. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?






32. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?






33. Which receptor is used for color vision?






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






35. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?






36. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






37. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






38. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together






39. Recent research supports that children learn from listening to their parents talk to them in 'baby talk'; which aspect of language is this?






40. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?






41. When do children develop object permanence?






42. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?






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






44. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.






45. The awareness of being a male or female






46. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old






47. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?






48. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?






49. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'






50. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers