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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Who introduced the scientific method?






2. Categories of old age: 85+






3. What is: an experienced practitioner who can attend pregnancies and deliveries?






4. The repetition of certain syllables






5. A link between a stimulus and a response in which a person or animal associates or substitutes a neutral stimulus with the actual stimulus






6. Stage in which you do what is right in order to gain status or approval from other people or society; 'good boy-good girl' orientation






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






8. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?






9. A correlation coefficient of zero






10. What is the term for fraternal twins?






11. Who created functionalism?






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






13. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'






14. The negative effects of sensory deprivation (not as much attention) are more likely to _______ w/ the length of the stage.






15. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






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






17. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






18. Child's realization their sex will stay the same






19. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






20. 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






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






22. What are the three different types of teratogens?






23. If you are A positive blood - what is that in terms of Rh factor?






24. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view






25. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:






26. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






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






28. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?






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






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






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






32. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?






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

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






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






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






37. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






38. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






39. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?






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






41. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






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






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






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






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






46. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?






47. Experiment when none of the doctors - researchers - and participants know who is getting the real drug






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






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






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







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