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






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






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






4. Types of child play in chronological order:






5. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






6. Who created structuralism?






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






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






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






10. Which thought process is a creative process?






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






12. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?






13. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






14. Experiment where researchers made a baby afraid of rats through classical conditioning






15. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






16. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






17. Therapy that involves the whole family






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






19. Which lobe is related to vision?






20. Recent research supports that children learn from listening to their parents talk to them in 'baby talk'; which aspect of language is this?






21. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?






22. How does the pupil work?






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






24. What is the most extreme outcome of a woman drinking during her pregnancy?






25. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?






26. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






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






28. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






29. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?






30. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?






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






32. What are the three parts of memory?






33. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?






34. What are the four lobes of the brain?






35. 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






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






37. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes






38. A type of research done inside of a lab - selected to monitor specific biological changes in individuals by using expensive and sophisticated machinery






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






40. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?






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






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






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






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






45. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.






46. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:






47. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?






48. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






49. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






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