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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






2. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






3. Believing women followed a different progression than men - she called the moral progression of the woman what?






4. What are areas in a baby's skull where cartilage hasn't yet hardened into bone?






5. What is: located in the limbic system - with primary function to store memories?






6. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






7. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?






8. A type of research done inside of a lab - selected to monitor specific biological changes in individuals by using expensive and sophisticated machinery






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






10. What is: growth from the head downward (head develops before rest of the body)?






11. Imitation of a past-observed behavior






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






13. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:






14. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?






15. What is a common learning disability in reading?






16. Individual sounds w/ in a word






17. What is the name of the largest commissure?






18. When do children develop object permanence?






19. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






20. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






21. Fourth development of language






22. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male






23. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






24. Biological theories of aging: the number of cells that have problems or mutations that increase w/ age






25. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






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






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






28. What is: attraction to both sexes?






29. What is: the elated feeling adolescents have - that they are immune to risks - mortality and probability; false sense of security thinking they will never fall or get caught.






30. What are the four stages of sexual response?






31. What do endocrine glands do?






32. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






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






34. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death






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






36. 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?






37. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






38. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






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






40. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values






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






42. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






43. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






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






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






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






47. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment






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






49. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






50. The awareness of being a male or female