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






2. Third element: There is a gap between what the child can do with help - and what they can do on their own; shows when a child has finally learned it






3. What is: attraction to the same sex?






4. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?






5. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?






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






7. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?






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






9. Who made the first IQ test?






10. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.






11. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






12. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?






13. What is: the gland that controls release of hormones from the gonads?






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






15. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?






16. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.






17. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?






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






19. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






20. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






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






22. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?






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






24. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?






25. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?






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






27. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential






28. What is the name of the largest commissure?






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






30. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words






31. What are: vibrations in the air that we receive through the ear to be processed?






32. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?






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






34. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.






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






36. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






37. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together






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






39. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






40. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out






41. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.






42. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes






43. What is the part in the back of the eye that includes receptors called rods and cones?






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






45. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






46. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






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






48. Level 2 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






49. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?






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