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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. 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)






2. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






3. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.






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






5. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






6. Who made the first IQ test?






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






8. Categories of old age: 75-84






9. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






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






11. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






12. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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13. First development of language; pre-speech






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






15. How is IQ calculated?






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

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17. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






18. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?






19. Third step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you may want to meet needs of belongings and love through relationships






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






21. The awareness of being a male or female






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






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






24. John Bowlby felt that attachment held evolutionary purpose. Explain






25. Failure to thrive is caused by:






26. Which lobe is related to vision?






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






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






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






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






31. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?






32. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death






33. What is: your feelings and reactions






34. What is: the tone color or perceptual quality of a sound?






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






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






37. Self-esteem begins forming in:






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






39. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?






40. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






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






42. All other variables w/in an experiment that researchers do not have control over






43. Who created structuralism?






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






45. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






46. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






47. First element to Vygotsky's theory: what does social interaction facilitate?






48. When people of different ages are studied at one particular time






49. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






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