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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?






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






4. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






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






6. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






7. What is the part in the back of the eye that includes receptors called rods and cones?






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






9. What is: a permanent facility control done through surgical procedures?






10. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






11. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?






12. Therapy that involves the whole family






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






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






15. 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






16. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






17. 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)






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






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






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






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






22. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?






23. What is: when a person or animal responds to a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one






24. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






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






26. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?






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






28. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together






29. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people






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






31. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






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






33. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?






34. A collection of data from all cases or people in the chosen set






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






36. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






37. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






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






39. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






40. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






41. When is anoxia a problem in births?






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






43. When do children develop object permanence?






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






45. 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.






46. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






47. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?






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






49. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.






50. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others