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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






3. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?






4. Which stage of development is: Identity vs. Role Confusion? (who am I)






5. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?






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






7. Experiment where researchers made a baby afraid of rats through classical conditioning






8. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






9. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






10. Defense mechanism: a type of displacement - a redirection of the feeling into a socially productive activity






11. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?






12. What are the three parts of memory?






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






14. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






15. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity






16. Types of child play in chronological order:






17. Who developed the theory of social development?






18. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?






19. What is the ring of muscles that makes up the colored part of the eye?






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






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






22. The number which occurs the most often






23. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






24. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'






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






26. 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






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






28. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






29. Visible signs of aging include:

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30. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.






31. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






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






33. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






34. What purpose do fontanels have?

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35. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?






36. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






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






38. Who made the first IQ test?






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






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






41. Which receptor is used for color vision?






42. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:






43. What is: the debate between whether a child is born a bad seed--with whatever disposition/tastes/personality they were meant to have; or that a child is born good - with their upbringing affecting their later personality and actions.






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






45. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?






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






47. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?






48. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?






49. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






50. The average of a data set