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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






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






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






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






5. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?






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






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






8. Which lobe is related to vision?






9. What is: relating new information to something familiar






10. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?






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






12. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?






13. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?






14. What does STDs stand for - including AIDS and herpes?






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






16. Who created structuralism?






17. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?






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






19. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?






20. 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.






21. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?






22. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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23. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






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






25. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation






26. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?






27. 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






28. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






29. Who created functionalism?






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






31. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






32. An environment where children live and attend school






33. What is the name of the largest commissure?






34. What is the least developed part of a newborn (growth is not complete)?






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






36. 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






37. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






38. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:






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






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






41. The distortion of the results






42. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






43. 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)






44. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?






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






46. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints






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






48. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?






49. What is the most extreme outcome of a woman drinking during her pregnancy?






50. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics







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