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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 the variable that the experimenter controls?






2. Believing women followed a different progression than men - she called the moral progression of the woman what?






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






4. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






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






6. What is: your feelings and reactions






7. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?






8. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






9. 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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10. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






11. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?






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






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






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






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






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






17. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






18. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?






19. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?






20. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.

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21. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?






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






23. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






24. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






25. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






26. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative






27. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






28. The study of the aging process






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






30. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats






31. Who introduced the scientific method?






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






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






34. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






35. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






36. What is a common learning disability in reading?






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






38. Defense mechanism: a type of displacement - a redirection of the feeling into a socially productive activity






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






40. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






41. What is the name of the largest commissure?






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






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






44. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?






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






46. Biological theories of aging: we only have a certain number of cells - which are programmed to only replicate so many times before they are finished and the body begins to deteriorate






47. A type of conditioning in which a person associates an action with a consequence






48. Failure to thrive is caused by:






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






50. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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