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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






3. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






4. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?






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






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






7. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






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






9. What is: dynamic blend of our experiences - heredity - environment - etc. which determines how we react to problems/issues?






10. What determines physical traits and is inherited from one or both parents?






11. List the levels (in order) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






12. How does the pupil work?






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






14. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?






15. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?






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






17. Not physical abuse but when the child feels rejected or feels failure






18. Stages of friendship: intimate






19. What are the four characteristics of perception?






20. 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?






21. Believed each person had an idea of a 'perfect person' and tried to work towards being like that person as much as possible - believing that people needed to become 'fully functioning' individuals






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






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






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






25. All other variables w/in an experiment that researchers do not have control over






26. When do children develop object permanence?






27. John Bowlby felt that attachment held evolutionary purpose. Explain






28. Age at which children begin to share their toys and interact w/ one another - associative play






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






30. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?






31. When is anoxia a problem in births?






32. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?






33. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points






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






35. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?






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






37. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later






38. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.






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






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






41. Visible signs of aging include:

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






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






44. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?






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






46. What is the name for minimum amount of something we can detect or sense?






47. How was the visual cliff study conducted?

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48. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?






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






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