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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. The awareness of being a male or female






2. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die

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3. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






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






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






6. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?






7. How is IQ calculated?






8. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






9. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






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






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






12. The average of a data set






13. What purpose do fontanels have?

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14. Which of these diseases can cause miscarriage - stillbirth - heart defects - deafness - and other problems?






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






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






17. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






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






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






20. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






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






22. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?






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






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






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






26. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?






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






28. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.






29. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






30. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?






31. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?






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






33. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?






34. Babies are rewarded with food/attention with they say 'mama' etc - so they continue to say those words and learn new ones; what idea does this theory follow?






35. Who thought of the mind as a stream of consciousness--a flow of emotions - sensations and thoughts?






36. Child's realization their sex will stay the same






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






38. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






39. Defense mechanism: a type of displacement - a redirection of the feeling into a socially productive activity






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






41. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






42. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others






43. Who introduced the scientific method?






44. What is: attraction to both sexes?






45. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?






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






47. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






48. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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