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






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






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






4. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding






5. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response






6. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo






7. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?






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






9. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






10. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?






11. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?






12. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






13. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






14. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






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






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






17. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






18. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






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






20. Stages of friendship: intimate






21. 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?






22. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?






23. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words






24. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs






25. The repetition of certain syllables






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






27. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






28. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others






29. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?






30. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






31. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






32. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






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






34. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






35. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?






36. Categories of old age: 65-74






37. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






38. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)






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






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






41. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:






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






43. The distortion of the results






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






45. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






46. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?






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






48. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'






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






50. A collection of data from all cases or people in the chosen set