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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter






2. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






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






4. What thought process characterizes creative - gifted - or advanced children?






5. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?






6. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?






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






8. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






9. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






10. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?






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






12. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






13. Stages of friendship: intimate






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






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






16. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






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






18. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?






19. What are the three things to monitor - to measure temperament in infants?






20. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






21. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.






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






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






24. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






25. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.






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






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






28. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?






29. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






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






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






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






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






34. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






35. Categories of old age: 85+






36. What is another term for the system of hearing?






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






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






39. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






40. What is: an M.D. who provides comprehensive care for people of all ages?






41. Method that teaches children to realized their full potential.






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






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






44. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






45. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






46. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






47. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






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 simple type of learning for getting used to something?






50. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates