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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. What controls breathing and heart rate?






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






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






4. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?






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






6. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?






7. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






8. What do children in early language development not understand?






9. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people






10. Four steps of the scientific method include:






11. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)






12. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'






13. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






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






15. The larger the sample:






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






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






18. When do children develop object permanence?






19. 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






20. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






21. The best way to teach children values is?






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






23. The repetition of certain syllables






24. What is the name of the scientist known as the father of genetics and inheritance?






25. What is: your feelings and reactions






26. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






27. Believing women followed a different progression than men - she called the moral progression of the woman what?






28. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






29. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs






30. What purpose do fontanels have?

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






32. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later






33. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






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






35. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?






36. The study of the aging process






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






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






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






40. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used






41. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?






42. When people of different ages are studied at one particular time






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






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






45. What is the most popular method for giving birth?






46. Therapy that involves the whole family






47. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






48. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






49. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage






50. What is: irrelevant stimuli that compete for our attention (like traffic)







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