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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Stages of friendship: intimate






2. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?






3. What is the term for identical twins?






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






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






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






7. All senses report to the thalamus except for one--which?






8. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






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






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






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






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






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






14. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?






15. A correlation coefficient of zero






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






17. Who made the first IQ test?






18. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?






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






20. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation






21. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






22. What fluid covers the brain - and is used to transport chemicals and regulate pressure?






23. Who developed the theory of social development?






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






25. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.






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






27. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






28. When do the two fontanels harden?

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






30. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






31. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?






32. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables






33. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?






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






35. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves






36. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:






37. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






38. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?






39. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?






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






41. What is: your interactions with others in social situations






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






43. The average of a data set






44. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?






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






46. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?






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






48. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






49. 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.






50. What are the different types of caregivers for pregnancy?