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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What is the term for lack of responsiveness to other people?






2. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






3. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






4. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






5. Categories of old age: 75-84






6. What are: drugs taken within three days to prevent pregnancy from instances such as no protection - or a broken condom?






7. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






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






9. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?






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






11. What is: small device to block access to the uterus; left in place with spermicide for 6-8 hours - in order to kill any remaining sperm?






12. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?






13. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others






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






15. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






16. 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?






17. The number which occurs the most often






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






19. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






20. First development of language; pre-speech






21. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






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






23. What is: the ability to associate something from one area of knowledge - and use that to determine or imagine what it is like in other aspects?






24. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?






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






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






27. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






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






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






30. Which stage of development is: Identity vs. Role Confusion? (who am I)






31. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?






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






33. What is: attraction to both sexes?






34. Categories of old age: 65-74






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






36. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






37. A system which uses operant conditioning to make less probable actions more likely to occur by using more probable actions as reinforcers






38. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people






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

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






41. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?






42. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






43. What controls breathing and heart rate?






44. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






45. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






46. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?






47. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?






48. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






49. A correlation coefficient of zero






50. What is another name for a newborn?