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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?






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






3. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional






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






5. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?






6. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?






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






8. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






9. 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)






10. Types of child play in chronological order:






11. Categories of old age: 75-84






12. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?






13. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?






14. 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






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






16. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables






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






18. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?






19. How is ADHD diagnosed?






20. What is: psychological definition for having more equal personality characteristics between male&female?






21. Self-aware - recognized - defined






22. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






23. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?






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






25. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints






26. 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.






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






28. What side of the N/N debate means that a child will be born with whatever disposition - tastes - personality they were 'meant' to have; believe that there are bad seeds.






29. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






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






31. Who believed that the unconscious motivates our actions - through the id - ego - and superego?






32. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.






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






34. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?






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






36. What do endocrine glands do?






37. 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






38. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?






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






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






41. Who introduced the scientific method?






42. 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?






43. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?

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44. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






45. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






46. Who developed the theory of social development?






47. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






48. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age






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






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