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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






2. A morpheme that can be a word on its own






3. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?






4. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?






5. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?






6. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?






7. What is the term for oxygen deficiency to the brain?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






15. Does a gamete (reproductive) cell have full or half set of chromosomes?






16. Four steps of the scientific method include:






17. The larger the sample:






18. 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






19. What is another name for a newborn?






20. Categories of old age: 85+






21. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)






22. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?






23. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response






24. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






25. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?






26. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.






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






28. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?






29. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






30. Visible signs of aging include:

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






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






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






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






35. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.






36. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable






37. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?






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






39. Biological theories of aging: we only have a certain number of cells - which are programmed to only replicate so many times before they are finished and the body begins to deteriorate






40. Means that the participants must know the content of the experiment and be warned of any risk or harm






41. What are the four lobes of the brain?






42. What is the method of surgical delivery?






43. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet






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






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






46. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






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






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






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






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