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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?






2. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






3. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






4. In a kibbutz - the real parents of children may see them for one hour a day - a time referred to as the __________.






5. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?






6. Recent research supports that children learn from listening to their parents talk to them in 'baby talk'; which aspect of language is this?






7. 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.






8. Age at with children start feeling a fear of the dark - which can be strong and appear suddenly






9. Self-esteem begins forming in:






10. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment






11. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






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






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






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






15. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?






16. Observing someone's behavior and basing our own behavior on it






17. What two things make up the central nervous system?






18. What are: drugs taken within three days to prevent pregnancy from instances such as no protection - or a broken condom?






19. List the levels (in order) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






20. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?






21. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.






22. What is the ring of muscles that makes up the colored part of the eye?






23. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?






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






25. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?






26. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?






27. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






28. How is extinction best achieved?






29. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?






30. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.






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






32. Believing women followed a different progression than men - she called the moral progression of the woman what?






33. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?






34. The most direct measure of syntax in middle childhood is what?






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






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






37. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge






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






39. Child's realization their sex will stay the same






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






41. What is: attraction to the same sex?






42. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






43. Who developed the theory of social development?






44. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:






45. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






46. Rogers and Maslow are both:






47. The study of the aging process






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






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






50. Who created structuralism?