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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






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






3. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages






4. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?






5. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together






6. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






7. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus






8. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them






9. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.






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






11. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






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






13. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?






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






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






16. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers






17. What do endocrine glands do?






18. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?






19. Imitation of a past-observed behavior






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






21. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?






22. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






23. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?






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






25. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?






26. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?






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






28. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






29. Self-aware - recognized - defined






30. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?






31. What are the three parts of memory?






32. John Bowlby felt that attachment held evolutionary purpose. Explain






33. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers






34. What is: attraction to the same sex?






35. Did a longitudinal study that showed that smart kids are happy adults






36. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






37. Third element: There is a gap between what the child can do with help - and what they can do on their own; shows when a child has finally learned it






38. When is anoxia a problem in births?






39. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?






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






41. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






42. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?






43. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?






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






45. All other variables w/in an experiment that researchers do not have control over






46. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?






47. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






48. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment






49. What is a disease also called German measles?






50. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?