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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






3. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






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






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






6. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter






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






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






9. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?






10. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?






11. Stages of friendship: intimate






12. What are the four lobes of the brain?






13. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?

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14. What attention disorders also interfere with the learning process?






15. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?






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






17. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






18. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






19. What is when the baby is born in a pool or bath with dim lights?






20. What is: irrelevant stimuli that compete for our attention (like traffic)






21. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






22. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






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






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






25. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






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






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






28. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






29. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






30. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






31. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?






32. Gilligan believed that ________ conflicted between self and other - while ________ conflicted between self and justice






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?






38. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view






39. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






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






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






42. What is: a permanent facility control done through surgical procedures?






43. When someone sees an incomplete form - they fill in the pieces and perceive it as it would be that way. What Gestalt principle is this an example of?






44. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






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






46. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?






47. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






48. What is the opening of the iris - which looks black?






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






50. 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