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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






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






3. What is the name of the scientist known as the father of genetics and inheritance?






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






5. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'






6. What is: relating new information to something familiar






7. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






8. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds






9. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






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






11. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






12. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






13. What do endocrine glands do?






14. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






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






16. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?






17. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?






18. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage






19. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






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






21. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?






22. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?






23. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?






24. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.






25. The study of the aging process






26. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?






27. Who thought of the mind as a stream of consciousness--a flow of emotions - sensations and thoughts?






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






29. A correlation coefficient of zero






30. The negative effects of sensory deprivation (not as much attention) are more likely to _______ w/ the length of the stage.






31. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






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






33. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






34. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?






35. Babies are rewarded with food/attention with they say 'mama' etc - so they continue to say those words and learn new ones; what idea does this theory follow?






36. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?






37. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






38. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






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






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






41. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






42. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






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






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






45. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?






46. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die

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47. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






48. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






49. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






50. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?