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






2. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






3. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly






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






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






6. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






7. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics






8. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






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






10. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?






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






12. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






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






14. What are the three different types of teratogens?






15. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






16. Which stage of development is: Identity vs. Role Confusion? (who am I)






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






18. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?






19. Dying w/o a will






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






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






22. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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23. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






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






25. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






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






27. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize






28. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over






29. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






30. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






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






32. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?






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






34. Who developed the theory of social development?






35. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?






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






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






38. What controls breathing and heart rate?






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






40. Who created structuralism?






41. What is the term for fraternal twins?






42. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






43. Self-esteem begins forming in:






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






45. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






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






47. Categories of old age: 85+






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






49. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?






50. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'