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






2. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






3. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.






4. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.






5. What is another term for the system of hearing?






6. What are the three parts of memory?






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






8. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






9. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.






10. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?






11. Types of child play in chronological order:






12. Which receptor is used for color vision?






13. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






14. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'






15. What two things make up the central nervous system?






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






17. A child that is always in a hurry






18. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






19. What do endocrine glands do?






20. 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






21. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






22. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






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






24. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?






25. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?






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






27. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)






28. What does the left half of the brain control?






29. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






30. 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.






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






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






33. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?






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






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






36. How does the pupil work?






37. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation






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






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






40. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






41. Rogers and Maslow are both:






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






43. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






44. What are the four lobes of the brain?






45. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points






46. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them






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






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






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






50. What is the method of surgical delivery?