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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






2. Not physical abuse but when the child feels rejected or feels failure






3. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?






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






5. Fourth step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you begin to think about you self-esteem and how you feel as a person






6. What is the term for fraternal twins?






7. A collection of data from all cases or people in the chosen set






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






9. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






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






11. Which stage of development is: Generativity vs. Stagnation? (giving to the next generation)






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






13. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)






14. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together






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






16. 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?






17. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over






18. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault






19. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.






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






21. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?


22. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.






23. What is: a permanent facility control done through surgical procedures?






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






25. Which though process is follower thinking?






26. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






27. 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?






28. Dying w/o a will






29. What is: attraction to the same sex?






30. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old






31. What do endocrine glands do?






32. What is the most popular method for giving birth?






33. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?






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






35. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






36. How is extinction best achieved?






37. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?






38. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?






39. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?






40. What two things make up the central nervous system?






41. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?






42. How does the pupil work?






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






44. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






45. What are the four lobes of the brain?






46. What is another name for a newborn?






47. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






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






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






50. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.