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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 is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion






2. What is: small device to block access to the uterus; left in place with spermicide for 6-8 hours - in order to kill any remaining sperm?






3. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?






4. A type of conditioning in which a person associates an action with a consequence






5. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?






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






7. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






8. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






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






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






11. What is: attraction to both sexes?






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






13. Self-aware - recognized - defined






14. Where are genes carried?






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






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






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






18. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.






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






20. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly






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






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






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






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






25. Which thought process is a creative process?






26. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






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






28. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?






29. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?






30. Did a longitudinal study that showed that smart kids are happy adults






31. When do the two fontanels harden?

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32. Categories of old age: 75-84






33. Babies are rewarded with food/attention with they say 'mama' etc - so they continue to say those words and learn new ones; what idea does this theory follow?






34. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






35. In the Harlow experiment: between the wire monkey+bottle - and cloth monkey+no bottle - which fake mother did the babies prefer?






36. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?






37. A child that is always in a hurry






38. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.






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






40. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?






41. The awareness of being a male or female






42. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation






43. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely






44. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity






45. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






46. Who made the first IQ test?






47. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'






48. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling






49. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment






50. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?