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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. What are the three different types of teratogens?






2. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?






3. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






4. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation






5. Categories of old age: 75-84






6. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?






7. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






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






9. Which lobe is related to vision?






10. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?






11. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?






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






13. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?






14. Which thought process is a creative process?






15. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?






16. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?






17. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:






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






19. 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?






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






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






22. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?






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






24. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






25. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?






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






27. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?






28. The average of a data set






29. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






30. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






31. 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)






32. What is another term for the system of hearing?






33. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?






34. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age






35. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






36. First element to Vygotsky's theory: what does social interaction facilitate?






37. What is: relating new information to something familiar






38. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






39. Believed each person had an idea of a 'perfect person' and tried to work towards being like that person as much as possible - believing that people needed to become 'fully functioning' individuals






40. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






41. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






42. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?






43. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?






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






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






46. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






47. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






48. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others






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






50. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves