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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Third development of language






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






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






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






5. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional






6. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






7. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






8. List the levels (in order) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






9. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






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






11. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?






12. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?






13. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?






14. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






15. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?






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






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






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






19. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?






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






21. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






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






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






24. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?






25. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?






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






27. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






28. What is a disease also called German measles?






29. Failure to thrive is caused by:






30. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






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






32. What is the name of the largest commissure?






33. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?






34. Who first coined self-efficacy?






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






36. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?






37. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?






38. The number which occurs the most often






39. Imitation of a past-observed behavior






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






41. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)






42. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.






43. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?






44. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






45. 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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46. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?






47. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






48. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






49. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization






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