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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?






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






3. What is the name of the largest commissure?






4. What is the most popular method for giving birth?






5. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used






6. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?






7. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






8. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling






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






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






11. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






12. In a case study - a single individual called a _____ is intensely studied






13. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?






14. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over






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






16. The larger the sample:






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






18. Categories of old age: 85+






19. Types of child play in chronological order:






20. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later






21. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?






22. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:






23. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?






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






25. A chronic condition that deteriorates the nerve fibers in the brain controlling memory - speech - and personality. Early symptoms including personality changes - lack of interest in activities - and change in sleep patterns.

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26. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?






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






28. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?






29. What is: psychological definition for having more equal personality characteristics between male&female?






30. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






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






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






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






34. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






35. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words






36. When does language development begin?






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






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






39. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?






40. Level 3 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






41. What controls breathing and heart rate?






42. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?






43. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






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






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






46. 1 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -5 -8 -9 -9. What is the mode?






47. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






48. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?






49. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






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