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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. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used






2. What are the four stages of sexual response?






3. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?






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






5. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?






6. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values






7. Does a gamete (reproductive) cell have full or half set of chromosomes?






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






9. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates






10. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?






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






12. What is a disease also called German measles?






13. Rogers and Maslow are both:






14. When does language development begin?






15. Who made the first IQ test?






16. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?






17. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?






18. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






19. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






20. Recent research supports that children learn from listening to their parents talk to them in 'baby talk'; which aspect of language is this?






21. The scientific study of words and sentences






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






23. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?






24. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?






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






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






27. Four steps of the scientific method include:






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






29. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?






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






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






32. Therapy that involves the whole family






33. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.

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






35. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?






36. When someone sees an incomplete form - they fill in the pieces and perceive it as it would be that way. What Gestalt principle is this an example of?






37. What is a common learning disability in reading?






38. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?






39. Who first coined self-efficacy?






40. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?






41. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






42. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






43. A baby repeating what you just said






44. What purpose do fontanels have?

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45. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?






46. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?






47. What is: an experienced practitioner who can attend pregnancies and deliveries?






48. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?






49. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






50. How is extinction best achieved?