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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 sends commands to all other parts of the body?






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






3. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






4. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize






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






6. What is: an M.D. who provides comprehensive care for people of all ages?






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






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






9. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






10. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?






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






12. What controls breathing and heart rate?






13. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






14. What are the three parts of memory?






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






16. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






17. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over






18. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. What is the name of the largest commissure?






25. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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26. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied






27. Visible signs of aging include:

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28. What are the four lobes of the brain?






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






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






31. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






32. First element to Vygotsky's theory: what does social interaction facilitate?






33. The awareness of being a male or female






34. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency






35. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.






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






37. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment






38. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?






39. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?






40. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






41. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?






42. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






43. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?






44. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable






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






46. Four steps of the scientific method include:






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






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






49. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization






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







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