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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?






2. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






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






4. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?






5. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?






6. What is the name of the largest commissure?






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






8. What is the part in the back of the eye that includes receptors called rods and cones?






9. The number which occurs the most often






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






11. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables






12. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






13. Who introduced the scientific method?






14. Fourth development of language






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






16. 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.


17. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?






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






19. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die


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






21. 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?






22. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






23. What controls breathing and heart rate?






24. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?






25. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics






26. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






27. Which receptor is used for color vision?






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






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






30. When does language development begin?






31. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?






32. Is there currently a cure for Alzheimer's disease?






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






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






35. Dying w/o a will






36. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






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






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






39. What is a common learning disability in reading?






40. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






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






42. What purpose do fontanels have?


43. Believed each person had an idea of a 'perfect person' and tried to work towards being like that person as much as possible - believing that people needed to become 'fully functioning' individuals






44. Level 2 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






45. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.






46. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?






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






48. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:






49. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?






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