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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






3. What is: the debate between whether a child is born a bad seed--with whatever disposition/tastes/personality they were meant to have; or that a child is born good - with their upbringing affecting their later personality and actions.






4. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






5. A reinforcer that comes from within the individual--something emotional.






6. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?






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






8. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






9. Imitation of a past-observed behavior






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






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






12. What is: your feelings and reactions






13. 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






14. Which thought process is a creative process?






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






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






17. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?






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






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






20. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?






21. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used






22. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?






23. What is: attraction to the same sex?






24. When does language development begin?






25. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?






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






27. What controls breathing and heart rate?






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






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






30. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






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






32. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?






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






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






36. Observing someone's behavior and basing our own behavior on it






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






38. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.






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






40. What purpose do fontanels have?

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41. What are the three different types of teratogens?






42. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.






43. What are the three parts of memory?






44. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






45. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs






46. Believing women followed a different progression than men - she called the moral progression of the woman what?






47. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






48. When do the two fontanels harden?

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49. A type of research done inside of a lab - selected to monitor specific biological changes in individuals by using expensive and sophisticated machinery






50. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?







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