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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






2. When someone sees an incomplete form - they fill in the pieces and perceive it as it would be that way. What Gestalt principle is this an example of?






3. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?






4. Which receptor is used for color vision?






5. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






6. 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?






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






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






9. How much is hearing developed in neonates?






10. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






11. A reinforcer that is physical (tangible) or from the environment - like payment for work - or a prize






12. What is: attraction to both sexes?






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






14. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






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






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

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17. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?






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






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






20. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






21. What are the three parts of memory?






22. What section of the nervous system is responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?






23. What is: the ear's interpretation of a sound's frequency






24. Experiment when none of the doctors - researchers - and participants know who is getting the real drug






25. An environment where children live and attend school






26. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






27. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?






28. What are the three different types of teratogens?






29. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






30. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?






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






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






33. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?






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






35. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.






36. Who made the first IQ test?






37. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?






38. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.






39. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






40. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge






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






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






43. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






44. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






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






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






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






48. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)






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






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