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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 opening of the iris - which looks black?






2. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)






3. 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






4. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






5. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






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






7. What is: your feelings and reactions






8. What is the most extreme outcome of a woman drinking during her pregnancy?






9. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






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






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






12. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






13. What is: an M.D. who provides comprehensive care for people of all ages?






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






15. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






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






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






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






19. What are the three parts of memory?






20. The average of a data set






21. Four steps of the scientific method include:






22. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






23. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






24. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






25. Recent research supports that children learn from listening to their parents talk to them in 'baby talk'; which aspect of language is this?






26. Stages of friendship: intimate






27. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?






28. Types of child play in chronological order:






29. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault






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






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






32. What are the two parts responsible for bending light and focusing it in the back of the eye?






33. What is: psychological definition for having more equal personality characteristics between male&female?






34. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?






35. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






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






37. Where are genes carried?






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






39. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?






40. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?






41. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values






42. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics






43. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






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






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






46. 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






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






48. What is a common learning disability in reading?






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






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