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 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






2. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?






3. 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






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






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






6. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)






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






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






9. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






10. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






11. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.






12. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?






13. Self-esteem begins forming in:






14. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?






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






16. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






17. What is the most popular method for giving birth?






18. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?






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






20. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






21. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






22. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






23. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






24. Therapy that involves the whole family






25. Who first coined self-efficacy?






26. What is the term for fraternal twins?






27. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






28. Which though process is follower thinking?






29. Categories of old age: 65-74






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






31. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






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






33. Does a gamete (reproductive) cell have full or half set of chromosomes?






34. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






35. Rogers and Maslow are both:






36. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over






37. Third development of language






38. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?






39. Which receptor is used for color vision?






40. What is the method of surgical delivery?






41. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?






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






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






44. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






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






46. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics






47. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?






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






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






50. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?

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



Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:



Major Subjects



Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Most popular tests