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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All other variables w/in an experiment that researchers do not have control over






2. What are the three different types of teratogens?






3. What is the term for oxygen deficiency to the brain?






4. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge






5. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves






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






7. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?






8. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)






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






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






11. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






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






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






14. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?






15. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?






16. What is: the tone color or perceptual quality of a sound?






17. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?






18. Which thought process is a creative process?






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






20. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?






21. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.






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






23. Dying w/o a will






24. When does language development begin?






25. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation






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






27. What controls breathing and heart rate?






28. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male






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






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






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






32. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds






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






34. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later






35. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






36. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






37. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






38. Level 2 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






39. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.






40. What types of drugs can hurt a developing fetus if taken by the mother?






41. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?






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






43. Who created functionalism?






44. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






45. In the Harlow experiment: between the wire monkey+bottle - and cloth monkey+no bottle - which fake mother did the babies prefer?






46. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?






47. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






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






49. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?






50. Categories of old age: 65-74