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






2. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






3. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






4. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?

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

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






7. The awareness of being a male or female






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?






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






16. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment






17. What are: vibrations in the air that we receive through the ear to be processed?






18. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?






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






20. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation






21. Four steps of the scientific method include:






22. 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?






23. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?






24. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






25. Experiment when none of the doctors - researchers - and participants know who is getting the real drug






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






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






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






29. Who first coined self-efficacy?






30. What system is made up of the hypothalamus and other glands?






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






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






33. Who thought of the mind as a stream of consciousness--a flow of emotions - sensations and thoughts?






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






35. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?






36. What is: the gland that controls release of hormones from the gonads?






37. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?






38. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






39. How is extinction best achieved?






40. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






41. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






42. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?






43. 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?






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






45. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






46. What is: the tone color or perceptual quality of a sound?






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






48. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others






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






50. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?