Test your basic knowledge |

DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?






4. What is: attraction to the same sex?






5. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points






6. If you are A positive blood - what is that in terms of Rh factor?






7. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






8. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






9. Gilligan believed that ________ conflicted between self and other - while ________ conflicted between self and justice






10. Which stage of development is: Trust vs. Mistrust?






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






12. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?






13. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






14. The best way to teach children values is?






15. What is: another form of consciousness involving very little effort; dreaming while awake or letting the mind wander?






16. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats






17. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






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






19. Types of child play in chronological order:






20. The number which occurs the most often






21. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






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






23. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






24. What are the three different types of teratogens?






25. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view






26. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






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






28. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






29. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






30. How is extinction best achieved?






31. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


32. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage






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






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






35. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people






36. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






37. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






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






39. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


40. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?






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






42. What is: your feelings and reactions






43. What are: vibrations in the air that we receive through the ear to be processed?






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






45. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?






46. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?






47. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






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






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






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