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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. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






2. When does language development begin?






3. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






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






5. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






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






7. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






8. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






9. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






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






11. Third element: There is a gap between what the child can do with help - and what they can do on their own; shows when a child has finally learned it






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






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






14. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words






15. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






16. 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.






17. What purpose do fontanels have?

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18. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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19. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?






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






21. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?






22. What are the two parts responsible for bending light and focusing it in the back of the eye?






23. What is the name of the largest commissure?






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






25. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative






26. Believing women followed a different progression than men - she called the moral progression of the woman what?






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






28. When do the two fontanels harden?

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






30. The study of the aging process






31. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers






32. What do endocrine glands do?






33. What do children in early language development not understand?






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






35. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints






36. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






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






38. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






39. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?






40. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






41. What is the term for identical twins?






42. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






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






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






45. Who created functionalism?






46. How many different theories of language development are there?






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






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






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






50. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought