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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.






2. Categories of old age: 75-84






3. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?






4. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






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






6. Failure to thrive is caused by:






7. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






8. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






9. Which stage of development is: Identity vs. Role Confusion? (who am I)






10. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words






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






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






13. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






14. What are the four characteristics of perception?






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






16. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values






17. What are the three different types of teratogens?






18. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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






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






21. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






22. What controls breathing and heart rate?






23. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?






24. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?






25. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






26. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency






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






28. Rogers and Maslow are both:






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






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






31. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






32. What is the factor that always stays the same?






33. What types of drugs can hurt a developing fetus if taken by the mother?






34. List the levels (in order) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






35. What are: drugs taken within three days to prevent pregnancy from instances such as no protection - or a broken condom?






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






37. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?






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






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






40. Four steps of the scientific method include:






41. What purpose do fontanels have?

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42. 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.






43. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






44. Dying w/o a will






45. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?






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






47. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)






48. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'






49. What is the term for fraternal twins?






50. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.