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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






2. What is another name for a newborn?






3. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?






4. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?






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






6. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






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






8. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used






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






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






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






12. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings






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






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






15. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?






16. Method that teaches children to realized their full potential.






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






18. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






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






20. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






21. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?






22. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?






23. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.






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






25. What is the name of the scientist known as the father of genetics and inheritance?






26. What is: a permanent facility control done through surgical procedures?






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






28. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






29. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






30. 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






31. 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.






32. What are the four lobes of the brain?






33. What is: relating new information to something familiar






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






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






36. When does language development begin?






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






38. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?






39. What is the name of the largest commissure?






40. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






41. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






42. What is a common learning disability in reading?






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






44. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






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






46. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






47. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints






48. Did a longitudinal study that showed that smart kids are happy adults






49. Babies are rewarded with food/attention with they say 'mama' etc - so they continue to say those words and learn new ones; what idea does this theory follow?






50. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?