Test your basic knowledge |

DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What are the three parts of memory?






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






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






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






5. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?






6. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?






7. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?






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






9. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






10. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points






11. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied






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






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






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






15. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






16. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


17. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?






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






19. What is: attraction to both sexes?






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






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






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






23. Which receptor is used for color vision?






24. What are the four characteristics of perception?






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






26. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






27. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?






28. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


29. How does the pupil work?






30. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?






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






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






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






34. In a kibbutz - the real parents of children may see them for one hour a day - a time referred to as the __________.






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






36. A test that gives information about a participant including standardized tests such as aptitude - interest - and personality tests






37. What is: relating new information to something familiar






38. 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






39. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






40. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?






41. What attention disorders also interfere with the learning process?






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






44. What does the left half of the brain control?






45. The larger the sample:






46. Categories of old age: 85+






47. What is a common learning disability in reading?






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






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






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