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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. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values






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






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






4. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






5. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






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






7. How does the pupil work?






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






9. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?






10. What is the ring of muscles that makes up the colored part of the eye?






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






12. Categories of old age: 75-84






13. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?






14. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?






15. What does the right half of the brain control?






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






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






18. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?






19. Believed each person had an idea of a 'perfect person' and tried to work towards being like that person as much as possible - believing that people needed to become 'fully functioning' individuals






20. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?






21. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






22. A morpheme that can be a word on its own






23. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'






24. A child that is always in a hurry






25. What is the term for fraternal twins?






26. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






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






28. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables






29. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?






30. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)






31. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?






32. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






33. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet






34. 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






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






36. Who introduced the scientific method?






37. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






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






39. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






40. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?






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






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






43. The repetition of certain syllables






44. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:






45. What is a disease also called German measles?






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






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






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






49. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






50. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?