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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'






2. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?






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






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






5. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)






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






7. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response






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






9. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?






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






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






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






13. What is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion






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






15. The larger the sample:






16. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






17. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?






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






19. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?






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






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






22. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






23. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






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






26. A lower number of the correlation coefficient - closer to the number zero shows a:






27. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






28. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?






29. What is another term for the system of hearing?






30. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






31. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






32. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






33. What are: chemicals designed to kill sperm?






34. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






35. Stages of friendship: intimate






36. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.






37. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others






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






39. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






40. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






41. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?






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






43. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






44. What is: the gland that controls release of hormones from the gonads?






45. How does the pupil work?






46. Which lobe is related to hearing?






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






48. What is the ring of muscles that makes up the colored part of the eye?






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






50. A reinforcer that comes from within the individual--something emotional.