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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers






2. What is a disease also called German measles?






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






4. Fourth development of language






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






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






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






8. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






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






10. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






11. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?






12. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?






13. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






14. When one variable increases while another variable decreases. We call this a what?






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






16. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics






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






18. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






19. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?






20. How is ADHD diagnosed?






21. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






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






23. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?






24. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?






25. Failure to thrive is caused by:






26. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old






27. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?






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






29. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






30. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages






31. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






32. What is: the gland that controls release of hormones from the gonads?






33. What do children in early language development not understand?






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






35. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






36. Who created functionalism?






37. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






38. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?






39. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






40. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment






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






42. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?






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






44. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?






45. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






46. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings






47. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?






48. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?






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






50. Age at with children start feeling a fear of the dark - which can be strong and appear suddenly