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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. How is extinction best achieved?






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






3. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






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






5. What is: the theory based on biology; belief that behavior and personality are linked to genetics






6. The scientific study of words and sentences






7. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






8. Stages of friendship: intimate






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






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






11. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






12. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






13. A type of conditioning in which a person associates an action with a consequence






14. Self-aware - recognized - defined






15. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






16. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?






17. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






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






19. What is: the ability to associate something from one area of knowledge - and use that to determine or imagine what it is like in other aspects?






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






21. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?






22. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?






23. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'






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






25. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves






26. How is ADHD diagnosed?






27. How does the pupil work?






28. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






29. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






30. What does the right half of the brain control?






31. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?






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






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






34. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






35. The best way to teach children values is?






36. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?






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






38. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs






39. What is the medical means to terminate a pregnancy?






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






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






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






43. Who created structuralism?






44. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






45. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?






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






47. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?






48. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?

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49. 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.






50. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?