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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is: a person's attraction to other people?






2. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally

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3. Who believed that the unconscious motivates our actions - through the id - ego - and superego?






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






5. Who thought of the mind as a stream of consciousness--a flow of emotions - sensations and thoughts?






6. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?






7. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






8. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






9. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?






10. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






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






12. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative






13. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






14. How is IQ calculated?






15. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.






16. 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






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






18. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






19. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?






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






21. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






22. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?






23. What is a common learning disability in reading?






24. Where are genes carried?






25. Which receptor is used for color vision?






26. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






27. What purpose do fontanels have?

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28. A child that is always in a hurry






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






30. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






31. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers






32. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?






33. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages






34. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics






35. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?






36. What is: attraction to both sexes?






37. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'






38. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?






39. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?






40. 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






41. A test that gives information about a participant including standardized tests such as aptitude - interest - and personality tests






42. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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43. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






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






45. John Bowlby felt that attachment held evolutionary purpose. Explain






46. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






47. 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






48. Does a gamete (reproductive) cell have full or half set of chromosomes?






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






50. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates