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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 name for the awareness of external and internal events?






2. 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.






3. When do children develop object permanence?






4. Is there currently a cure for Alzheimer's disease?






5. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






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






7. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?






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






9. The awareness of being a male or female






10. Therapy that involves the whole family






11. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?






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






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






14. Experiment where researchers made a baby afraid of rats through classical conditioning






15. What purpose do fontanels have?

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16. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly






17. 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)






18. Visible signs of aging include:

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19. Child's realization their sex will stay the same






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






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






22. How does the pupil work?






23. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:






24. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?






25. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?






26. Where are genes carried?






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






28. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






29. What side of the N/N debate means that a child will be born with whatever disposition - tastes - personality they were 'meant' to have; believe that there are bad seeds.






30. A baby repeating what you just said






31. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






32. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






33. 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






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






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






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






37. What is the name of the largest commissure?






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






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






40. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.






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






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






43. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






44. Types of child play in chronological order:






45. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?






46. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:






47. What are the three parts of memory?






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






49. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die

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50. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?