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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely






2. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






3. The study of the aging process






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






5. 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






6. Which receptor is used for color vision?






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






8. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






9. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






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






11. Not physical abuse but when the child feels rejected or feels failure






12. Which lobe is related to hearing?






13. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?






14. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity






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






16. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?






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






18. A correlation coefficient of zero






19. 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?






20. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






21. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential






22. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






23. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






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






25. What purpose do fontanels have?

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26. 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






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






28. What are the three different types of teratogens?






29. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






30. How many different theories of language development are there?






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






32. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






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






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






35. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?






36. Dying w/o a will






37. Age at which children begin to share their toys and interact w/ one another - associative play






38. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?






39. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






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






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






42. Who developed the theory of social development?






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






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






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






46. In the Harlow experiment: between the wire monkey+bottle - and cloth monkey+no bottle - which fake mother did the babies prefer?






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






48. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






49. Who created structuralism?






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







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