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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






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






3. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats






4. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?






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






6. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death






7. The scientific study of words and sentences






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






9. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






10. What is: the tone color or perceptual quality of a sound?






11. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






12. How many different theories of language development are there?






13. What is: your feelings and reactions






14. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






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






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






17. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?






18. Rogers and Maslow are both:






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






20. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?






21. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding






22. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






23. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?






24. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






25. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?






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






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






28. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






29. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?






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






31. 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






32. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?






33. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






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






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

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36. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?






37. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?






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






39. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them






40. Which stage of development is: Generativity vs. Stagnation? (giving to the next generation)






41. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






42. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






43. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






44. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely






45. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






46. What is the term for oxygen deficiency to the brain?






47. Who created functionalism?






48. 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.






49. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






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