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






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






3. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






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






5. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






6. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






7. Which stage of development is: Generativity vs. Stagnation? (giving to the next generation)






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






9. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






10. Third element: There is a gap between what the child can do with help - and what they can do on their own; shows when a child has finally learned it






11. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?






12. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?






13. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?






14. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others






15. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?






16. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.

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






18. What is: your feelings and reactions






19. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.






20. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






21. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






22. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






23. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?






24. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)






25. Child's realization their sex will stay the same






26. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






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






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






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






30. What is: attraction to both sexes?






31. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






32. What is the term for identical twins?






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






34. Failure to thrive is caused by:






35. Which lobe is related to vision?






36. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?






37. Age at with children start feeling a fear of the dark - which can be strong and appear suddenly






38. 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






39. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?






40. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






41. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment






42. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?






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






44. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






45. Therapy that involves the whole family






46. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






47. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






48. The negative effects of sensory deprivation (not as much attention) are more likely to _______ w/ the length of the stage.






49. Level 2 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






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






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