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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What does the left half of the brain control?






2. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






3. The average of a data set






4. What system is made up of the hypothalamus and other glands?






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






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






7. The number which occurs the most often






8. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






9. 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.






10. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






11. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?






12. Experiment where researchers made a baby afraid of rats through classical conditioning






13. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






14. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)






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






16. What is the method of surgical delivery?






17. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






18. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






19. What is: attraction to the opposite sex?






20. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?






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






22. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'






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






24. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?






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






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






27. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






28. What are the two parts responsible for bending light and focusing it in the back of the eye?






29. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?






30. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable






31. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






32. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'






33. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






34. Who created functionalism?






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






36. The distortion of the results






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






38. 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?






39. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






40. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






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






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






43. What purpose do fontanels have?

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44. A type of research done inside of a lab - selected to monitor specific biological changes in individuals by using expensive and sophisticated machinery






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






46. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers






47. First development of language; pre-speech






48. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus






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

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50. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.