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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?






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






3. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






4. What is: irrelevant stimuli that compete for our attention (like traffic)






5. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency






6. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






7. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






8. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words






9. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?






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






11. Four steps of the scientific method include:






12. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?






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






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






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






16. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






17. What controls breathing and heart rate?






18. 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?






19. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation






20. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?






21. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize






22. How is extinction best achieved?






23. What are the three parts of memory?






24. 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?






25. The number which occurs the most often






26. 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?






27. 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.






28. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?






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






30. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.

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






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






33. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?






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






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






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






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






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






39. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?






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






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






42. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






43. What is: relating new information to something familiar






44. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?






45. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?






46. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?






47. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






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






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






50. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?







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