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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?






3. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?






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






5. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?






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






7. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over






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






9. What does the left half of the brain control?






10. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






11. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






12. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?






13. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






14. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?






15. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






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






17. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.

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18. Which receptor is used for color vision?






19. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus






20. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






21. 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?






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






23. What is: small device to block access to the uterus; left in place with spermicide for 6-8 hours - in order to kill any remaining sperm?






24. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






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






26. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






27. 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.






28. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






29. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?






30. The repetition of certain syllables






31. Stages of friendship: intimate






32. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






33. The negative effects of sensory deprivation (not as much attention) are more likely to _______ w/ the length of the stage.






34. Who developed the theory of social development?






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






36. Individual sounds w/ in a word






37. What is: when a person or animal responds to a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one






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






39. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?






40. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






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






42. The best way to teach children values is?






43. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response






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






45. 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.






46. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






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






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






49. What does STDs stand for - including AIDS and herpes?






50. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?







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