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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?

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2. What is: hatred and fear of homosexuals?






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






4. When is anoxia a problem in births?






5. Who made the first IQ test?






6. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages






7. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?






8. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?






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






10. What is: the gland that controls release of hormones from the gonads?






11. What is the term for identical twins?






12. What is: method of contraception by having no direct contact with partner's genitals?






13. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.






14. A morpheme that can be a word on its own






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






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






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






18. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






19. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?






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






21. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization






22. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?






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






24. Observing someone's behavior and basing our own behavior on it






25. When people of different ages are studied at one particular time






26. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?






27. Which receptor is used for color vision?






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






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






30. A collection of data from all cases or people in the chosen set






31. 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.






32. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






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






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






35. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






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






37. 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?






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






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






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






41. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz will often:






42. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?






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






44. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:






45. 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






46. Who developed the theory of social development?






47. Stage in which whether you will be punished or not determines what is moral or not - also called the punishment and obiedience phase






48. What is the ability to identify correctly something encountered before?






49. What is the most extreme outcome of a woman drinking during her pregnancy?






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