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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What is: the understanding of more advanced classification; that some sets are also sub-sets of a larger class?






2. The distortion of the results






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






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






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






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






7. What is: the ability to associate something from one area of knowledge - and use that to determine or imagine what it is like in other aspects?






8. Parenting styles: makes few demands - hardly ever punishes






9. What are the four stages of sexual response?






10. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?






11. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:






12. What is the most popular method for giving birth?






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






14. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?






15. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






16. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)






17. Imitation of a past-observed behavior






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






19. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding






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






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






22. What is: when a person or animal responds to a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one






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






24. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






25. When is anoxia a problem in births?






26. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out






27. Which lobe is related to hearing?






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






29. What are the four characteristics of perception?






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






31. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






32. Does a gamete (reproductive) cell have full or half set of chromosomes?






33. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






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






35. When do children develop object permanence?






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






37. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?






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






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






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






41. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






42. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling






43. Pavlovs famous classical conditioning dog experiment.






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

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45. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






46. Individual sounds w/ in a word






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






48. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.






49. What is: your feelings and reactions






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