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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






2. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?






3. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






4. Therapy that involves the whole family






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






6. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






7. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others






8. What is the least developed part of a newborn (growth is not complete)?






9. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?






10. When people of different ages are studied at one particular time






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






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

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13. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?






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






15. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?






16. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






17. The number which occurs the most often






18. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






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






20. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






21. What is the term for fraternal twins?






22. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






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






24. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?






25. Stages of friendship: intimate






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






27. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






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






29. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






30. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:






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






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






33. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?






34. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity






35. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment






36. What two things make up the central nervous system?






37. Four steps of the scientific method include:






38. 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






39. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?






40. Self-aware - recognized - defined






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






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






43. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






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






45. The distortion of the results






46. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates






47. Which thought process is a creative process?






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






49. 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.






50. Which lobe is related to vision?