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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A child that is always in a hurry






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






3. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally

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4. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers






5. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:






6. What is the name of the scientist known as the father of genetics and inheritance?






7. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






8. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?






9. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'






10. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






11. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?






12. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






13. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






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






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






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






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






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

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19. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?






20. What two things make up the central nervous system?






21. Who thought of the mind as a stream of consciousness--a flow of emotions - sensations and thoughts?






22. What is: relating new information to something familiar






23. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






24. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






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






26. The best way to teach children values is?






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






28. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates






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






30. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?






31. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






32. What is the term for fraternal twins?






33. What are: vibrations in the air that we receive through the ear to be processed?






34. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






35. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?






36. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






37. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?






38. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?






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






40. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






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






42. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?






43. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






44. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






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






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






47. What side of the N/N debate means that a child will be born with whatever disposition - tastes - personality they were 'meant' to have; believe that there are bad seeds.






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






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






50. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?