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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. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






2. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






3. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?






4. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?






5. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?






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






7. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?






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






9. A set of cases of people randomly chosen from a large group to represent that large group






10. 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






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






12. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






13. Therapy that involves the whole family






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






15. A morpheme that can be a word on its own






16. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?






17. A collection of data from all cases or people in the chosen set






18. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?






19. The number which occurs the most often






20. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






21. Third development of language






22. What is the method of surgical delivery?






23. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






24. When one variable increases while another variable decreases. We call this a what?






25. How is IQ calculated?






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






27. The distortion of the results






28. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?






29. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






30. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?






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






32. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






33. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






34. Who created structuralism?






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






36. Method that teaches children to realized their full potential.






37. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






38. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?






39. What is: attraction to the opposite sex?






40. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






41. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






42. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?






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






44. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






45. When is anoxia a problem in births?






46. Categories of old age: 75-84






47. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?






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






49. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates






50. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?