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






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






3. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?






4. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet






5. An environment where children live and attend school






6. 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






7. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?






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






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






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






11. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?






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






13. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






14. The larger the sample:






15. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?






16. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response






17. The distortion of the results






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






19. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






20. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?






21. What is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion






22. Observing someone's behavior and basing our own behavior on it






23. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?






24. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo






25. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






26. Which though process is follower thinking?






27. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






28. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?






29. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.






30. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?






31. What are the three parts of memory?






32. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






33. 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






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






35. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






36. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints






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






38. Self-aware - recognized - defined






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






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






41. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?






42. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.






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






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






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






46. What is the method of surgical delivery?






47. 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






48. Categories of old age: 75-84






49. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes






50. What are the four characteristics of perception?