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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. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






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






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






4. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later






5. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






6. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'






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






8. 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






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






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






11. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?






12. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.






13. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






14. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?






15. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?






16. Categories of old age: 65-74






17. What controls breathing and heart rate?






18. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves






19. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?

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20. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?






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






22. John Bowlby felt that attachment held evolutionary purpose. Explain






23. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?






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






25. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






26. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?






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






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






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






30. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency






31. Four steps of the scientific method include:






32. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






33. Visible signs of aging include:

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34. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates






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






36. What is: attraction to the opposite sex?






37. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






38. A child that is always in a hurry






39. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly






40. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






41. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old






42. Which stage of development is: Generativity vs. Stagnation? (giving to the next generation)






43. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






44. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.






45. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?






46. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






47. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment






48. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.






49. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






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