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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. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?






2. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






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






4. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






5. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:






6. Which thought process is a creative process?






7. Rogers and Maslow are both:






8. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old






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






10. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others






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






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






13. Observing someone's behavior and basing our own behavior on it






14. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






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






16. An environment where children live and attend school






17. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.






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






19. Self-esteem begins forming in:






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






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






22. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?






23. When do the two fontanels harden?

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24. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?






25. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?






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






27. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






28. Self-aware - recognized - defined






29. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?






30. Babies are rewarded with food/attention with they say 'mama' etc - so they continue to say those words and learn new ones; what idea does this theory follow?






31. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






32. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?






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






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






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






36. What is the opening of the iris - which looks black?






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






38. 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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39. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?






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






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






42. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency






43. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






44. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






45. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?






46. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.






47. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)






48. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?






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






50. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'






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