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






2. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






3. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?






4. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?






5. Categories of old age: 75-84






6. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






7. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation






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






9. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?






10. Who introduced the scientific method?






11. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?






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






13. 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






14. Therapy that involves the whole family






15. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






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






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






18. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?






19. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






20. Means that the participants must know the content of the experiment and be warned of any risk or harm






21. Types of child play in chronological order:






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






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






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






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






26. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'






27. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






28. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?






29. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment






30. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






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






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






33. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:






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






35. Is there currently a cure for Alzheimer's disease?






36. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage






37. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






38. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






39. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?






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






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






42. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?






43. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?






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






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






46. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely






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






48. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?






49. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?






50. A correlation coefficient of zero