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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What are the four characteristics of perception?






2. What gland releases hormones that regulate hormone secretions of other glands?






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






4. What is: when the mother consumes alcohol while her babies are in the womb?






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






6. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves






7. What is the simple type of learning for getting used to something?






8. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?






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






10. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






11. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






12. First development of language; pre-speech






13. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






14. Used to show links between people - events - actions - behaviors - etc. while not determining the caus - rather is linked to statistics






15. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






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






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






18. What does STDs stand for - including AIDS and herpes?






19. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?






20. What are the three different types of teratogens?






21. The larger the sample:






22. Categories of old age: 65-74






23. What is the thought process that considers an idea or belief (thesis) and acknowledges the idea's opposite (antithesis)?






24. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






25. Stage at which children are egocentric and will therefore think divorce is their fault






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






27. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?






28. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.






29. What are: general term for the reproductive organs in a male or female?






30. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






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






32. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment






33. What is: the theory that all people are inherently good and motivated to achieve their full potential






34. What is: attraction to both sexes?






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






36. What 4 main problems do fetal alcohol syndrome cause?






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






38. What is a common learning disability in reading?






39. What is another name for a newborn?






40. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






41. 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.






42. Fourth step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you begin to think about you self-esteem and how you feel as a person






43. An environment where children live and attend school






44. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used






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






46. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






47. Does a somatic (body) cell have a full - or half - set of chromosomes?






48. What is: an M.D. who specializes in OB-GYN?






49. Which though process is follower thinking?






50. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?







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