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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






2. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?






3. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






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






5. 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






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






7. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






8. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






9. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?






10. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?






11. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)






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






13. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






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






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






16. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points






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






18. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






19. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






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






21. An environment where children live and attend school






22. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






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






24. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.






25. Four steps of the scientific method include:






26. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?






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






28. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?






29. What purpose do fontanels have?

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30. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo






31. What is: attraction to the same sex?






32. 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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33. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables






34. Age at with children start feeling a fear of the dark - which can be strong and appear suddenly






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






36. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?






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






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






39. Visible signs of aging include:

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40. 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.






41. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






42. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






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






44. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






45. Which lobe is related to hearing?






46. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?






47. Who believed that the unconscious motivates our actions - through the id - ego - and superego?






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






49. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






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