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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is: attraction to the same sex?






2. Self-esteem begins forming in:






3. What is: psychological definition for having more equal personality characteristics between male&female?






4. Which lobe is related to vision?






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

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6. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional






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






8. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?






9. What is the most popular method for giving birth?






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






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






12. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together






13. Third element: There is a gap between what the child can do with help - and what they can do on their own; shows when a child has finally learned it






14. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?






15. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?






16. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?






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






18. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






19. What side of the N/N debate means that a child will be born with whatever disposition - tastes - personality they were 'meant' to have; believe that there are bad seeds.






20. First development of language; pre-speech






21. 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?






22. Visible signs of aging include:

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






24. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?






25. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






26. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?






27. Which thought process is a creative process?






28. 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.






29. A set of cases of people randomly chosen from a large group to represent that large group






30. 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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31. What is: the debate between whether a child is born a bad seed--with whatever disposition/tastes/personality they were meant to have; or that a child is born good - with their upbringing affecting their later personality and actions.






32. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?






33. What is: attraction to the opposite sex?






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






35. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus






36. Self-aware - recognized - defined






37. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






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






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






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






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






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






43. How is ADHD diagnosed?






44. What is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion






45. The average of a data set






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






47. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?






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






49. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?






50. What is the name of the largest commissure?