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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. A child that is always in a hurry






2. Who created structuralism?






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






4. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs






5. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?






6. When is anoxia a problem in births?






7. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






8. Level 2 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






9. The average of a data set






10. Categories of old age: 75-84






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






12. Who introduced the scientific method?






13. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?






14. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?






15. Individual sounds w/ in a word






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






17. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?






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






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






20. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?






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






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






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






24. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






25. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.






26. Which of these diseases can cause miscarriage - stillbirth - heart defects - deafness - and other problems?






27. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?






28. First development of language; pre-speech






29. 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






30. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used






31. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding






32. Self-esteem begins forming in:






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






34. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?






35. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






36. Types of child play in chronological order:






37. A type of research done inside of a lab - selected to monitor specific biological changes in individuals by using expensive and sophisticated machinery






38. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?






39. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






40. What is: small device to block access to the uterus; left in place with spermicide for 6-8 hours - in order to kill any remaining sperm?






41. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






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






43. What are the three different types of teratogens?






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






45. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics






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






47. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






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






49. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






50. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?