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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. Stages of friendship: intimate






2. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others






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






4. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






5. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers






6. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?






7. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






8. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






9. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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10. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds






11. What are the four lobes of the brain?






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






13. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






14. Experiment when none of the doctors - researchers - and participants know who is getting the real drug






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






16. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?






17. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






18. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






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






20. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'






21. What is another name for a newborn?






22. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?






23. What do endocrine glands do?






24. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






25. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






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






27. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.






28. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






29. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?






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






31. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?






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






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






34. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






35. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?






36. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?






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






38. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






39. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?






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






41. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.






42. How does the pupil work?






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






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






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






46. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?






47. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables






48. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






49. Who made the first IQ test?






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