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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. When someone sees an incomplete form - they fill in the pieces and perceive it as it would be that way. What Gestalt principle is this an example of?






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






3. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






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






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






6. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






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






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






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






10. What is: a permanent facility control done through surgical procedures?






11. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






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






13. An environment where children live and attend school






14. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?






15. What purpose do fontanels have?

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






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






18. When do the two fontanels harden?

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19. Gilligan believed that ________ conflicted between self and other - while ________ conflicted between self and justice






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






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






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






23. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






24. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






25. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?






26. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






27. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






28. Therapy that involves the whole family






29. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?






30. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?






31. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






32. Where are genes carried?






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






34. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






35. What controls breathing and heart rate?






36. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






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






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






39. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






40. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






41. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly






42. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later






43. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?






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






45. A type of research done inside of a lab - selected to monitor specific biological changes in individuals by using expensive and sophisticated machinery






46. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






47. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






48. Who first coined self-efficacy?






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






50. Which stage of development is: Trust vs. Mistrust?






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