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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A morpheme that can be a word on its own






2. A set of cases of people randomly chosen from a large group to represent that large group






3. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves






4. What types of drugs can hurt a developing fetus if taken by the mother?






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






6. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






7. Which lobe is related to hearing?






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






9. Self-esteem begins forming in:






10. Rogers and Maslow are both:






11. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






12. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






13. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






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






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






16. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation






17. When do children develop object permanence?






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






19. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






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






21. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?






22. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers






23. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?






24. If you are A positive blood - what is that in terms of Rh factor?






25. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






26. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






27. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






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






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






30. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






31. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






32. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






33. What are the three parts of memory?






34. Observing someone's behavior and basing our own behavior on it






35. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out






36. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?






37. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?






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






39. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.






40. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






41. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






42. What is: when a person or animal responds to a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one






43. The average of a data set






44. Method that teaches children to realized their full potential.






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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






49. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






50. The process of unassociating the condition with the response