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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






2. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?






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






4. What is: attraction to the opposite sex?






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






6. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






7. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats






8. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?






9. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






10. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them






11. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points






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






13. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential






14. Categories of old age: 75-84






15. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view






16. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






17. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






18. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






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






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






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






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






23. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo






24. A correlation coefficient of zero






25. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.






26. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:






27. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet






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






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






30. What is: relating new information to something familiar






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






32. What does the left half of the brain control?






33. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?






34. What are the two parts responsible for bending light and focusing it in the back of the eye?






35. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?






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






37. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






38. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






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






40. What is the term for oxygen deficiency to the brain?






41. A child that is always in a hurry






42. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?






43. An environment where children live and attend school






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






45. What is the least developed part of a newborn (growth is not complete)?






46. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages






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






48. 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?






49. A morpheme that can be a word on its own






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