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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Which stage of development is: Initiative vs. Guilt? (trying different roles)






2. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential






3. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?






4. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet






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






6. Which stage of development is: Identity vs. Role Confusion? (who am I)






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






8. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






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






10. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






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






12. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?






13. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






14. What is the perception characteristic that: if you have heard a movie is scary - you might be more inclined to get scared?






15. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo






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






17. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






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






19. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?






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






21. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?






22. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling






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






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






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






26. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






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






28. Which receptor is used for color vision?






29. What are the four lobes of the brain?






30. Types of child play in chronological order:






31. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






32. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






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






34. The scientific study of words and sentences






35. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






36. The best way to teach children values is?






37. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?






38. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'






39. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?






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






41. Where are genes carried?






42. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






43. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






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






45. What is the term for identical twins?






46. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?






47. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.






48. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






49. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)






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







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