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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. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






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






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






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






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






6. Stages of friendship: intimate






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






8. 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






9. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






10. Which of these diseases can cause miscarriage - stillbirth - heart defects - deafness - and other problems?






11. What attention disorders also interfere with the learning process?






12. What are the three different types of teratogens?






13. What is the term for identical twins?






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

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15. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






16. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?






17. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






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






19. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?






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






21. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






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






23. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






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






25. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?

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






27. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.






28. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?






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






30. Which lobe is related to vision?






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






32. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?






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






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






35. When does language development begin?






36. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






37. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






38. Who introduced the scientific method?






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






40. Observing someone's behavior and basing our own behavior on it






41. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






42. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






43. Failure to thrive is caused by:






44. Which stage of development is: Identity vs. Role Confusion? (who am I)






45. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






46. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.






47. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






48. The average of a data set






49. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?






50. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others