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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






3. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?






4. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






5. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






6. Who first coined self-efficacy?






7. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize






8. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die

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9. What is the part in the back of the eye that includes receptors called rods and cones?






10. When does language development begin?






11. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






12. A correlation coefficient of zero






13. Is there currently a cure for Alzheimer's disease?






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






15. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?






16. Which though process is follower thinking?






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






18. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?






19. What is the term for identical twins?






20. A morpheme that can be a word on its own






21. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?






22. Stages of friendship: intimate






23. What is: when a person or animal responds to a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one






24. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






25. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:






26. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?






27. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?






28. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






29. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






30. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?






31. Recent research supports that children learn from listening to their parents talk to them in 'baby talk'; which aspect of language is this?






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






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






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






35. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?






36. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?






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






38. A type of conditioning in which a person associates an action with a consequence






39. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






40. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






41. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?






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






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






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






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






46. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






47. Which of these diseases can cause miscarriage - stillbirth - heart defects - deafness - and other problems?






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






49. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:






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