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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. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?






2. The negative effects of sensory deprivation (not as much attention) are more likely to _______ w/ the length of the stage.






3. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






4. What is a common learning disability in reading?






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






6. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.






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






8. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






9. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






10. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






11. 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






12. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






13. Child's realization their sex will stay the same






14. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out






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






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






17. Age at with children start feeling a fear of the dark - which can be strong and appear suddenly






18. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?






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






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






21. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:






22. When does language development begin?






23. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






24. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling






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






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






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






28. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?






29. Imitation of a past-observed behavior






30. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?






31. Categories of old age: 75-84






32. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?






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






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






35. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?






36. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?






37. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?






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






39. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






40. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?






41. How is extinction best achieved?






42. What are the three parts of memory?






43. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






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






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






46. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






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






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






49. Is there currently a cure for Alzheimer's disease?






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