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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them






3. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?






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






5. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative






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






7. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)






8. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






9. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?






10. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)






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






12. 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?






13. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:






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






15. How is ADHD diagnosed?






16. Child's realization their sex will stay the same






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






18. What is the most extreme outcome of a woman drinking during her pregnancy?






19. Visible signs of aging include:

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






21. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






22. What is: another form of consciousness involving very little effort; dreaming while awake or letting the mind wander?






23. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






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






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






26. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






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






28. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?






29. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






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






31. What is the term for fraternal twins?






32. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'






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






34. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?






35. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding






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






37. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?






38. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






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






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






41. What is the factor that always stays the same?






42. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?






43. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?






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

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






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






47. What is: an experienced practitioner who can attend pregnancies and deliveries?






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






49. Self-esteem begins forming in:






50. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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