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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 method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response






2. A type of conditioning in which a person associates an action with a consequence






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






4. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






5. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






6. A test that gives information about a participant including standardized tests such as aptitude - interest - and personality tests






7. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






8. Did a longitudinal study that showed that smart kids are happy adults






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






10. Babies are rewarded with food/attention with they say 'mama' etc - so they continue to say those words and learn new ones; what idea does this theory follow?






11. What is: attraction to the opposite sex?






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






13. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'






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






15. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






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






17. In the Harlow experiment: between the wire monkey+bottle - and cloth monkey+no bottle - which fake mother did the babies prefer?






18. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?






19. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally

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






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






22. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?






23. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






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






25. 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.






26. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?






27. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






28. What are: drugs taken within three days to prevent pregnancy from instances such as no protection - or a broken condom?






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






30. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






31. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings






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






33. What is: the ability to associate something from one area of knowledge - and use that to determine or imagine what it is like in other aspects?






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






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






36. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






37. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?






38. Third step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you may want to meet needs of belongings and love through relationships






39. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?






40. Who made the first IQ test?






41. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death






42. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






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






44. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?






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






46. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






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






48. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age






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






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