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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?






2. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?






3. A baby repeating what you just said






4. Who created structuralism?






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






6. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






7. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






8. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?






9. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






10. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes






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






12. What does the right half of the brain control?






13. 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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14. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






15. Stages of friendship: intimate






16. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






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






18. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






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






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






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






22. 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?






23. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?






24. Types of child play in chronological order:






25. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?






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






27. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet






28. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






29. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






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






31. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency






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






33. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






34. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






35. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?






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






37. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?






38. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)






39. Who created functionalism?






40. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






41. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter






42. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






43. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






44. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.






45. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?






46. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






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






48. Failure to thrive is caused by:






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






50. The best way to teach children values is?







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