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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






2. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






3. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






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






5. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






6. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?






7. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






8. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?






9. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






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






11. Self-aware - recognized - defined






12. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?






13. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?

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






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






16. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?






17. The awareness of being a male or female






18. 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?






19. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






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






21. The scientific study of words and sentences






22. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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23. When do the two fontanels harden?

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24. The larger the sample:






25. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?






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






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






28. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others






29. How does the pupil work?






30. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?






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






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






33. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






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






35. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






36. Who created structuralism?






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






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






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






40. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






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






42. What purpose do fontanels have?

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43. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?






44. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?






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






46. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?






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






48. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






49. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?






50. Fourth development of language