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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. Is there currently a cure for Alzheimer's disease?






2. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?

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3. What is the least developed part of a newborn (growth is not complete)?






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






5. When do the two fontanels harden?

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6. Who made the first IQ test?






7. When is anoxia a problem in births?






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






9. The awareness of being a male or female






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






11. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?






12. What is: relating new information to something familiar






13. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words






14. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?






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






16. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?






17. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.






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






19. 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






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






22. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?






23. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds






24. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?






25. What do endocrine glands do?






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






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






28. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






29. 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






30. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?






31. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






32. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






33. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?






34. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?






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






36. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?






37. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






38. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






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






40. Who created structuralism?






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






42. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter






43. What is another name for a newborn?






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






45. What is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion






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






47. Third development of language






48. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






49. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






50. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?