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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Categories of old age: 75-84






2. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?






3. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)






4. What is the most extreme outcome of a woman drinking during her pregnancy?






5. When one variable increases while another variable decreases. We call this a what?






6. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






7. A child that is always in a hurry






8. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male






9. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






10. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






11. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional






12. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






13. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?






14. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?






15. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






16. What is: psychological definition for having more equal personality characteristics between male&female?






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?






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






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






25. What do endocrine glands do?






26. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






27. What is: when a person or animal responds to a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one






28. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?






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






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






31. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






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






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






34. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:






35. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes






36. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






37. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)






38. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.






39. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?






40. 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






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






42. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?






43. The number which occurs the most often






44. When does language development begin?






45. The awareness of being a male or female






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






47. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?






48. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly






49. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize






50. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?