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






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






3. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter






4. Method that teaches children to realized their full potential.






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






6. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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7. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?






8. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






9. What is: a permanent facility control done through surgical procedures?






10. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






11. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






12. Who believed that the unconscious motivates our actions - through the id - ego - and superego?






13. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?






14. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






15. What is the medical means to terminate a pregnancy?






16. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






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






18. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






19. An environment where children live and attend school






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






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






22. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






23. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?






24. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






25. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






26. 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






27. What is: attraction to both sexes?






28. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death






29. 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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30. What is the term for identical twins?






31. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






32. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






33. 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?






34. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






35. Visible signs of aging include:

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36. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?






37. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?






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






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






40. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?






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






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






43. 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






44. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?






45. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






46. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?






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






48. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?






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






50. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?