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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






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






3. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people






4. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






5. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






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






7. When one variable increases while another variable decreases. We call this a what?






8. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?






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






10. What is: relating new information to something familiar






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






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






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






14. First development of language; pre-speech






15. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?






16. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?






17. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






18. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






19. What is the opening of the iris - which looks black?






20. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?






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






22. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






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






24. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge






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






26. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'






27. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?






28. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






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






30. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization






31. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:






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






33. Believed each person had an idea of a 'perfect person' and tried to work towards being like that person as much as possible - believing that people needed to become 'fully functioning' individuals






34. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity






35. What is the ring of muscles that makes up the colored part of the eye?






36. A baby repeating what you just said






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






38. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?






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






40. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.

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41. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?






42. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






43. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?






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

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






46. What are the four characteristics of perception?






47. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values






48. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:






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






50. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?