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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 sends commands to all other parts of the body?






2. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?






3. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






4. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates






5. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






6. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?






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






8. What is: the tone color or perceptual quality of a sound?






9. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?






10. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






11. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?






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






13. What are the four stages of sexual response?






14. Who created functionalism?






15. Categories of old age: 85+






16. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?






17. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?






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






19. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






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






21. Stages of friendship: intimate






22. Dying w/o a will






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






24. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?






25. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?






26. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling






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






28. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?






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






30. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






31. What does STDs stand for - including AIDS and herpes?






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






33. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints






34. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?






35. What controls breathing and heart rate?






36. Third development of language






37. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






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






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






40. Who first coined self-efficacy?






41. Which lobe is related to vision?






42. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






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






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






45. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally

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






47. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?






48. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.






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






50. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?

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