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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?






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






3. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






4. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?






5. What is: your feelings and reactions






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






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






8. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






9. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?






10. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






11. The larger the sample:






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






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






14. What is the term for identical twins?






15. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?






16. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?






17. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?






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






19. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?






20. Which lobe is related to vision?






21. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?






22. What is: attraction to the same sex?






23. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?






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






25. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.






26. Third element: There is a gap between what the child can do with help - and what they can do on their own; shows when a child has finally learned it






27. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






28. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






29. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?






30. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?






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






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






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






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






35. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






36. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers






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






38. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?






39. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?






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






41. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






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






43. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?






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






45. Who made the first IQ test?






46. The average of a data set






47. A baby repeating what you just said






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






49. What is: when a person or animal responds to a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one






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