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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?






2. What thought process is supported by the example that: infants are given an object to hold - and then can recognize by sight the object.






3. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






4. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






5. What is the name of the scientist known as the father of genetics and inheritance?






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






7. What is: attraction to the opposite sex?






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






9. What percent of children in kindergarten are immunized?






10. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?






11. Environment in which two (or more) children sit side by side - or near each other - and play without interacting with the other child or trying to influence them in any way. Most children engage in this type of enviornment.






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






13. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






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






15. What two diseases - when caught early in the pregnancy - are most dangerous to the fetus?






16. Means that the participants must know the content of the experiment and be warned of any risk or harm






17. What is: the belief that you are the center of the universe and everything revolves around you - and the inability to see the world as someone else does and adapt to it.






18. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






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






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






21. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






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






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






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






25. Biological theories of aging: we only have a certain number of cells - which are programmed to only replicate so many times before they are finished and the body begins to deteriorate






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






27. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)






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






29. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






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






31. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?






32. The larger the sample:






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






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






35. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






36. What is: when a sample is taken from the fluid in the amniotic sac - to be tested for diseases or genetic traits?






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






38. Removing something unpleasant from a situation - to make a behavior more likely






39. What are the three different types of teratogens?






40. When can a person's short term memory become incapacitated?






41. What is a disease also called German measles?






42. What do endocrine glands do?






43. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?






44. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






45. In the Harlow experiment: between the wire monkey+bottle - and cloth monkey+no bottle - which fake mother did the babies prefer?






46. When something from conditioning carries over to another related area; made baby Albert afraid of all furry animals - rather than just rats






47. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?






48. How much alcohol is the safe amount to consume during pregnancy?






49. What is: psychological definition for having more equal personality characteristics between male&female?






50. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?