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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






2. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






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






4. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?






5. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.






6. The number which occurs the most often






7. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points






8. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs






9. Believed each person had an idea of a 'perfect person' and tried to work towards being like that person as much as possible - believing that people needed to become 'fully functioning' individuals






10. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?






11. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






12. Fourth development of language






13. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






14. How does the pupil work?






15. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?






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






17. 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)






18. Third step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you may want to meet needs of belongings and love through relationships






19. First development of language; pre-speech






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






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






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






23. An environment where children live and attend school






24. The distortion of the results






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






26. What is the factor that always stays the same?






27. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?






28. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






29. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






30. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages






31. Observing someone's behavior and basing our own behavior on it






32. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?






33. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'






34. What is the most extreme outcome of a woman drinking during her pregnancy?






35. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male






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






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






38. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






39. A set of cases of people randomly chosen from a large group to represent that large group






40. What types of drugs can hurt a developing fetus if taken by the mother?






41. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?






42. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?






43. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?






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






45. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






46. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?






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






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






49. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.






50. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?