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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Types of child play in chronological order:






2. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?






3. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






4. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?






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






6. Self-esteem begins forming in:






7. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?






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






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






10. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






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






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






13. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






14. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?






15. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






16. Means that the participants must know the content of the experiment and be warned of any risk or harm






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






18. Does a gamete (reproductive) cell have full or half set of chromosomes?






19. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






20. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?






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






22. What two things make up the central nervous system?






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






24. The average of a data set






25. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






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






27. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






28. What is the part in the back of the eye that includes receptors called rods and cones?






29. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?






30. Recent research supports that children learn from listening to their parents talk to them in 'baby talk'; which aspect of language is this?






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






32. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:






33. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)






34. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






35. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.






36. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize






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






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






39. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.






40. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?






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






42. When do children develop object permanence?






43. What purpose do fontanels have?

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






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






46. What is another name for a newborn?






47. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers






48. 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?






49. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)






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