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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






2. First development of language; pre-speech






3. What is: focusing attention on a small amount of information?






4. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






5. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?






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






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






8. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






9. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?






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






11. What is: irrelevant stimuli that compete for our attention (like traffic)






12. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?






13. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)






14. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






15. What is: your feelings and reactions






16. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?






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






18. What are: vibrations in the air that we receive through the ear to be processed?






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






20. A baby repeating what you just said






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






22. Categories of old age: 85+






23. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'






24. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






25. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






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






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






28. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






29. What do children in early language development not understand?






30. What does the right half of the brain control?






31. What is: a permanent facility control done through surgical procedures?






32. What are the factors that influence psychosocial health?






33. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






34. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






35. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






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






37. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?






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






39. Visible signs of aging include:

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40. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation






41. A reinforcer that comes from within the individual--something emotional.






42. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?






43. Which thought process is: a set of steps is followed to come to a correct answer; used in academic (math/science) settings?






44. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






45. What are the two parts responsible for bending light and focusing it in the back of the eye?






46. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






47. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






48. Who created functionalism?






49. What syndrome happens when a woman smokes while pregnant?






50. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.