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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






2. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






3. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings






4. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out






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






6. Which receptor is used for color vision?






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






8. Which thought process is a creative process?






9. Which though process is follower thinking?






10. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






11. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?






12. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional






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






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






15. A child that is always in a hurry






16. How is extinction best achieved?






17. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?






18. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?






19. When do children develop object permanence?






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






21. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds






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






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






24. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?






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

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






27. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






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






29. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






30. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?






31. Fourth step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you begin to think about you self-esteem and how you feel as a person






32. The larger the sample:






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






34. What is the most popular method for giving birth?






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






36. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






37. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?






38. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






39. Four steps of the scientific method include:






40. What is the term for identical twins?






41. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






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






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






44. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?






45. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






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






47. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization






48. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






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






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