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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






2. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






3. What is: your feelings and reactions






4. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






5. Individual sounds w/ in a word






6. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






7. Rogers and Maslow are both:






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






9. A child that is always in a hurry






10. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






11. What is: an M.D. who provides comprehensive care for people of all ages?






12. A baby repeating what you just said






13. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?






14. Age at which children begin to share their toys and interact w/ one another - associative play






15. When someone sees an incomplete form - they fill in the pieces and perceive it as it would be that way. What Gestalt principle is this an example of?






16. Third step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you may want to meet needs of belongings and love through relationships






17. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?






18. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?






19. Means that the participants must know the content of the experiment and be warned of any risk or harm






20. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?






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






22. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?






23. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






24. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?






25. Types of child play in chronological order:






26. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






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






28. The average of a data set






29. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.






30. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization






31. A correlation coefficient of zero






32. Fourth development of language






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






34. A reinforcer that comes from within the individual--something emotional.






35. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






36. When do children develop object permanence?






37. Which thought process is a creative process?






38. What system is made up of the hypothalamus and other glands?






39. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over






40. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






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






42. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






43. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






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






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






46. What is: a person's attraction to other people?






47. Self-esteem begins forming in:






48. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






49. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus






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