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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. Where are genes carried?






3. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?






4. 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)






5. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






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






7. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?






8. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.






9. What system is made up of the hypothalamus and other glands?






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






11. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






12. Dying w/o a will






13. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






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






15. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding






16. Third step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you may want to meet needs of belongings and love through relationships






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






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






19. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?






20. Which of these diseases can cause miscarriage - stillbirth - heart defects - deafness - and other problems?






21. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?






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






23. Self-esteem begins forming in:






24. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






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






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






27. Who created structuralism?






28. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






29. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death






30. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






31. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?






32. What is a disease also called German measles?






33. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?






34. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?






35. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






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






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






38. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






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






40. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






41. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'






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






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






44. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die

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45. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






46. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?






47. Four steps of the scientific method include:






48. A set of cases of people randomly chosen from a large group to represent that large group






49. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






50. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?