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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






2. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?






3. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable






4. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?






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






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






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






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






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






10. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.






11. How does the pupil work?






12. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?






13. Gilligan believed that ________ conflicted between self and other - while ________ conflicted between self and justice






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






15. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?






16. What is: a statistical measure of typical scores for categories of information?






17. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?






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






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






20. Types of child play in chronological order:






21. The awareness of being a male or female






22. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






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






24. The scientific study of words and sentences






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






26. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






27. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely






28. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?






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






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






31. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






32. When do the two fontanels harden?

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






34. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old






35. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?






36. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






37. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






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






39. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






40. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?






41. When one variable increases while another variable decreases. We call this a what?






42. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?






43. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?






44. The number which occurs the most often






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






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






47. A baby repeating what you just said






48. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






49. A correlation coefficient of zero






50. When does language development begin?