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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






2. What is the term for oxygen deficiency to the brain?






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






4. How does the pupil work?






5. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers






6. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?






7. What is another term for the system of hearing?






8. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






9. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






10. When do children develop object permanence?






11. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)






12. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?






13. What is: attraction to the opposite sex?






14. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






15. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?






16. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






17. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






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






19. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats






20. What is: attraction to the same sex?






21. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?






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






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






24. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






25. Age at which children begin to share their toys and interact w/ one another - associative play






26. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'






27. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.






28. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together






29. What is the name of the largest commissure?






30. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs






31. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






32. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






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






34. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?






35. What purpose do fontanels have?

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






37. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






38. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?






39. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?






40. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






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






42. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?






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






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






45. What is: attraction to both sexes?






46. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?






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






48. Rogers and Maslow are both:






49. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?






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