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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 about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion






2. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?






3. 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)






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






5. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






6. A reinforcer that comes from within the individual--something emotional.






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






8. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?






9. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






10. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?






11. Therapy that involves the whole family






12. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






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






14. 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.






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






16. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?






17. The repetition of certain syllables






18. Categories of old age: 85+






19. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?






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






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






22. What are: drugs taken within three days to prevent pregnancy from instances such as no protection - or a broken condom?






23. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






24. Categories of old age: 65-74






25. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?






26. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






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






28. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them






29. Method that teaches children to realized their full potential.






30. In the Harlow experiment: between the wire monkey+bottle - and cloth monkey+no bottle - which fake mother did the babies prefer?






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






32. What is the medical means to terminate a pregnancy?






33. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






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






35. If you are A positive blood - what is that in terms of Rh factor?






36. What are the two parts responsible for bending light and focusing it in the back of the eye?






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






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






39. What is: irrelevant stimuli that compete for our attention (like traffic)






40. Gilligan believed that ________ conflicted between self and other - while ________ conflicted between self and justice






41. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






42. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






43. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






44. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






45. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






46. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






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






48. Imitation of a past-observed behavior






49. In a kibbutz - the real parents of children may see them for one hour a day - a time referred to as the __________.






50. What is the factor that always stays the same?