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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?






2. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization






3. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?






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






5. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






6. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?






7. What is: psychological definition for having more equal personality characteristics between male&female?






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






9. Where is the pituitary gland located - and how big is it?






10. What controls breathing and heart rate?






11. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






12. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?






13. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?






14. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






15. Fourth development of language






16. The ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates






17. What is: attraction to both sexes?






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






19. In the Harlow experiment: between the wire monkey+bottle - and cloth monkey+no bottle - which fake mother did the babies prefer?






20. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics






21. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






22. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






23. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'






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






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






26. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






27. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?






28. Age at with children start feeling a fear of the dark - which can be strong and appear suddenly






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






30. What does STDs stand for - including AIDS and herpes?






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






32. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally

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33. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?






34. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault






35. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?






36. When people w/in an experiment are assigned to a group randomly






37. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.






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






39. When do the two fontanels harden?

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40. A child that is always in a hurry






41. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.






42. The repetition of certain syllables






43. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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44. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response






45. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?






46. Second development of language - still pre-speech; repetition of meaningful sounds






47. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'






48. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?






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






50. When people of different ages are studied at one particular time