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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What is the name of the largest commissure?






2. 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






3. Which receptor is more sensitive to light - but is not used to view color?






4. Which stage of development is: Industry vs. Inferiority? (working with others)






5. What glands affect the mood - energy level - and stress?






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






7. What is: a person's attraction to other people?






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






9. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






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






11. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?






12. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






13. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






14. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






15. What side of the N/N debate means that a child will be born with whatever disposition - tastes - personality they were 'meant' to have; believe that there are bad seeds.






16. The larger the sample:






17. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






18. What do physicians recommend to prevent SIDS?






19. Level 2 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






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. Recent research supports that children learn from listening to their parents talk to them in 'baby talk'; which aspect of language is this?






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






23. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?






24. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them






25. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






26. When does language development begin?






27. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?






28. Who created functionalism?






29. Which though process is follower thinking?






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






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






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






33. Who created structuralism?






34. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable






35. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die


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






37. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






38. Visible signs of aging include:


39. Fourth development of language






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






41. What attention disorders also interfere with the learning process?






42. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






43. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?






44. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?






45. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?






46. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






47. What is the least developed part of a newborn (growth is not complete)?






48. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






49. Which lobe is related to voluntary muscles and intelligence?






50. Defense mechanism: reverting to old behavior to avoid feelings