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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. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:






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






3. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






4. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






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






6. What is: another form of consciousness involving very little effort; dreaming while awake or letting the mind wander?






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






8. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency






9. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






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






11. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






12. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'






13. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?






14. How is IQ calculated?






15. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?






16. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?






17. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






18. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?






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






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






21. 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?






22. Defense mechanism: a type of displacement - a redirection of the feeling into a socially productive activity






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






24. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?






25. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.






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






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






28. What is the method of surgical delivery?






29. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?






30. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






31. John Bowlby felt that attachment held evolutionary purpose. Explain






32. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?






33. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'






34. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?






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






36. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






37. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






38. What purpose do fontanels have?

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






40. What is: attraction to the same sex?






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?






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






47. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?






48. When one variable increases while another variable decreases. We call this a what?






49. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.






50. A reinforcer that comes from within the individual--something emotional.