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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. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?






2. What are the four lobes of the brain?






3. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






4. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.






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






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






7. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables






8. In the Harlow experiment: between the wire monkey+bottle - and cloth monkey+no bottle - which fake mother did the babies prefer?






9. Who introduced the scientific method?






10. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?






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






12. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






13. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






14. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






15. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






16. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






17. Which receptor is used for color vision?






18. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






19. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






20. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'






21. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






22. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:






23. Visible signs of aging include:

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






25. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






26. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?






27. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






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






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






30. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable






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






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






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






34. The larger the sample:






35. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






36. What is: relating new information to something familiar






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






38. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?






39. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation






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






41. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?






42. What is: the gland that controls release of hormones from the gonads?






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






44. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?






45. What purpose do fontanels have?

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46. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?






47. 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






48. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?






49. Where are genes carried?






50. 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