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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 system is made up of the hypothalamus and other glands?






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






4. What are the three parts of memory?






5. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






6. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?






7. What is the ring of muscles that makes up the colored part of the eye?






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






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






10. Which receptor is used for color vision?






11. What is: the tone color or perceptual quality of a sound?






12. List the levels (in order) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






13. The best way to teach children values is?






14. A type of conditioning in which a person associates an action with a consequence






15. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






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






17. What is the most popular method for giving birth?






18. What is: relating new information to something familiar






19. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






20. Which lobe is related to vision?






21. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






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






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






24. What do children in early language development not understand?






25. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?






26. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?






27. 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?






28. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






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






30. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)






31. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view






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






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






34. If you are A positive blood - what is that in terms of Rh factor?






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






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






37. All other variables w/in an experiment that researchers do not have control over






38. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.






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






40. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






41. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?






42. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






43. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?






44. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






45. First development of language; pre-speech






46. What is: an experienced practitioner who can attend pregnancies and deliveries?






47. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?






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






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






50. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.