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






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






3. A type of research done inside of a lab - selected to monitor specific biological changes in individuals by using expensive and sophisticated machinery






4. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?






5. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






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






7. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






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






9. What do children in early language development not understand?






10. What are the four characteristics of perception?






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






12. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?






13. Who introduced the scientific method?






14. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?






15. Categories of old age: 85+






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






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






18. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?






19. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?






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






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






22. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






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






24. What is the term for fraternal twins?






25. What is: attraction to the same sex?






26. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?






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






28. When do children develop object permanence?






29. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






30. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






31. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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32. The average of a data set






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






34. First element to Vygotsky's theory: what does social interaction facilitate?






35. 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






36. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally

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37. 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)






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






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






40. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






41. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus






42. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?






43. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?






44. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






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






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






47. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?






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






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






50. A baby repeating what you just said