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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. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male






2. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






3. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






4. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?






5. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others






6. What is the least developed part of a newborn (growth is not complete)?






7. Types of child play in chronological order:






8. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






9. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding






10. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?






11. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault






12. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






13. 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.






14. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential






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






16. The best way to teach children values is?






17. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






18. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?






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






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






21. When is anoxia a problem in births?






22. What are the four stages of sexual response?






23. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






24. What are the four characteristics of perception?






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






26. When people of different ages are studied at one particular time






27. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






28. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






29. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?






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 glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?






32. Not physical abuse but when the child feels rejected or feels failure






33. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?






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






35. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?






36. How does the pupil work?






37. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






38. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?






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






40. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?






41. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?






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






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






44. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?






45. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?






46. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






47. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?






48. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






49. A correlation coefficient of zero






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







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