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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. The number which occurs the most often






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






3. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






4. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault






5. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?






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






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






8. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?






9. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






10. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?






11. The negative effects of sensory deprivation (not as much attention) are more likely to _______ w/ the length of the stage.






12. Which lobe is related to hearing?






13. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.






14. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






15. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






16. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






17. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?






18. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






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






20. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






21. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old






22. What is: a person's attraction to other people?






23. What system is made up of the hypothalamus and other glands?






24. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






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






26. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?






27. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






28. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs






29. What do children in early language development not understand?






30. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






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






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






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






34. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?






35. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






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






37. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






38. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?






39. When do the two fontanels harden?

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40. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?






41. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age






42. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling






43. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?






44. The repetition of certain syllables






45. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats






46. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






47. How does the pupil work?






48. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






49. 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?






50. Dying w/o a will