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. When someone sees an incomplete form - they fill in the pieces and perceive it as it would be that way. What Gestalt principle is this an example of?






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






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






4. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






5. Which stage of development is: Generativity vs. Stagnation? (giving to the next generation)






6. Fourth development of language






7. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:






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






9. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.






10. 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)






11. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?






12. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely






13. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






14. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves






15. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?






16. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






17. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?






18. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






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






20. 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






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






22. When is anoxia a problem in births?






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






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






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






26. Who developed the theory of social development?






27. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age






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






29. What is another term for the system of hearing?






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






31. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






32. What does the left half of the brain control?






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






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






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






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






37. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?






38. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






39. A child that is always in a hurry






40. Which thought process is a creative process?






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






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






43. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?






44. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'






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






46. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death






47. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?






48. Who made the first IQ test?






49. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






50. What are the three parts of memory?







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests