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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 proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






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






3. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






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






5. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






6. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?

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7. 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)






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






9. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?






10. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?






11. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






12. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






13. Categories of old age: 85+






14. Therapy that involves the whole family






15. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?






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






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






18. What is: attraction to both sexes?






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






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






21. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?






22. A morpheme that can be a word on its own






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






24. Individual sounds w/ in a word






25. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






26. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?






27. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?






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






29. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize






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






31. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?






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






33. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old






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






35. The best way to teach children values is?






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






37. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






38. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






39. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?






40. What is a disease also called German measles?






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






42. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






43. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






44. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.






45. What is the term for fraternal twins?






46. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






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






48. Rogers and Maslow are both:






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






50. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied