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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






2. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






3. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'






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






5. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






6. What is the opening of the iris - which looks black?






7. 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.






8. What does the right half of the brain control?






9. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs






10. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






11. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






12. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






13. Which thought process is a creative process?






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






15. What is: attraction to the same sex?






16. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






17. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






18. In a kibbutz - the real parents of children may see them for one hour a day - a time referred to as the __________.






19. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?






20. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative






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






22. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?






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






24. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential






25. A type of conditioning in which a person associates an action with a consequence






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






27. Who made the first IQ test?






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






29. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






30. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'






31. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






32. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






33. What are the three parts of memory?






34. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?






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






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






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






38. The scientific study of words and sentences






39. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?






40. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?






41. What are: drugs taken within three days to prevent pregnancy from instances such as no protection - or a broken condom?






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






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






44. The distortion of the results






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






46. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






47. Four steps of the scientific method include:






48. What does the left half of the brain control?






49. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






50. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)