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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. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






2. What is: attraction to the same sex?






3. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






4. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.






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






6. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?






7. The scientific study of words and sentences






8. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






9. An environment where children live and attend school






10. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.






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






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






13. What purpose do fontanels have?

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






15. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






16. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?






17. What are the four characteristics of perception?






18. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






19. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






20. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?






21. The distortion of the results






22. The average of a data set






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






24. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






25. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






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






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






28. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






29. 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






30. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






31. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?






32. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.






33. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






34. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values






35. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?






36. What is: irrelevant stimuli that compete for our attention (like traffic)






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






38. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?






39. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






40. Which though process is follower thinking?






41. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)






42. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male






43. Failure to thrive is caused by:






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






45. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






46. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






47. Fourth step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you begin to think about you self-esteem and how you feel as a person






48. A correlation coefficient of zero






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






50. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings