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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?






2. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?






3. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






4. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






5. A baby repeating what you just said






6. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






7. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






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






9. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?






10. What side of the N/N debate means that a child will be born with whatever disposition - tastes - personality they were 'meant' to have; believe that there are bad seeds.






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






12. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






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






14. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view






15. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?






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






17. If you are A positive blood - what is that in terms of Rh factor?






18. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?






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






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






21. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo






22. Believed each person had an idea of a 'perfect person' and tried to work towards being like that person as much as possible - believing that people needed to become 'fully functioning' individuals






23. In a child - can be expressed as 'nobody likes me'






24. What is: attraction to the same sex?






25. First element to Vygotsky's theory: what does social interaction facilitate?






26. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes






27. What is the term for identical twins?






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






29. Which receptor is used for color vision?






30. An environment where children live and attend school






31. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






32. What is a disease also called German measles?






33. What is: relating new information to something familiar






34. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people






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






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






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






38. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?






39. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






40. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






41. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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






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






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

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45. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault






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






47. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?






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






49. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?






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