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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage






3. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






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






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






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






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






8. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






9. 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?






10. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?






11. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






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






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






14. How does the pupil work?






15. 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?






16. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative






17. Who believed that the unconscious motivates our actions - through the id - ego - and superego?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A child that is always in a hurry






26. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together






27. What do endocrine glands do?






28. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






29. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?






30. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?






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






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






33. 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?






34. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter






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






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






37. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






38. Categories of old age: 65-74






39. What two things make up the central nervous system?






40. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






41. What is: attraction to both sexes?






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






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






44. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






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






46. What purpose do fontanels have?

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






48. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'






49. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






50. Defense mechanism: a type of displacement - a redirection of the feeling into a socially productive activity