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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. In a kibbutz - the real parents of children may see them for one hour a day - a time referred to as the __________.






2. What is: the theory centered on behavior; see person as blank slate upon which impressions of experiences can be recorded.






3. People who are working that experience discrimination because of their age - whether too young or too old are victims of what?






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






5. What is: generalizations about each gender - such as that men are aggressive and logical - and women are nurturing and emotional






6. What are the four characteristics of perception?






7. What do endocrine glands do?






8. What is the variable that the experimenter controls?






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






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






11. What is a disease also called German measles?






12. Individual sounds w/ in a word






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






14. What is the opening of the iris - which looks black?






15. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






16. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






17. First development of language; pre-speech






18. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter






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






20. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






21. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






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






23. According to both Kohlberg and Piaget - the most immature reason to do something is to:






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






25. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






26. What is the medical means to terminate a pregnancy?






27. What does the left half of the brain control?






28. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?






29. What is: another form of consciousness involving very little effort; dreaming while awake or letting the mind wander?






30. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?






31. 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?






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






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






34. Stages of friendship: one way assistance






35. What are the four stages of sexual response?






36. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






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






38. Time at which most children begin to speak actual words






39. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






40. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






41. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






42. Whatmakes a person able to see objects are they are - in 3 dimensions?






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






44. Which receptor is used for color vision?






45. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?






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






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






48. Dying w/o a will






49. Where a group of people live together and the children of all the people are raised by one or two people






50. After how many cigarettes will the fetus definitely have problems--with a 50% greater risk of childhood cancer?