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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. Stage in which you see the right action as what satisfies your personal needs; a person becomes aware of two different viewpoints






3. What are the three parts of memory?






4. What is: not being involved in a sexual relationship?






5. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'






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






7. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?






8. What is the name of the largest commissure?






9. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






10. Types of child play in chronological order:






11. Who believed that the unconscious motivates our actions - through the id - ego - and superego?






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






13. What kind of childbirth did Dr. Grantly Dick Read start teaching?






14. What is the medical term for birth of a dead baby?






15. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'






16. What is the term for identical twins?






17. What is: the period of sexual maturation?






18. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers






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






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






21. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






22. Therapy that involves the whole family






23. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






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






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






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






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






28. Rogers and Maslow are both:






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






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






31. What is: a period in a child's development in which he/she is capable of understanding some things but not others






32. Stage in which a person makes decisions according to his or her conscience; the universal ethical principal orientation; not many people ever reach this stage






33. Age at which most children will identify specific 'best-friends'






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






35. What are the three different areas of the Autonomic Nervous System?






36. What is: the process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment - which may mean changing sensory evidence to make it fit?






37. Visible signs of aging include:

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38. What is: the difference made to one's mind by the process of assimilation?






39. What is the name for the 'crack' in the middle of the brain halves?






40. Four steps of the scientific method include:






41. Who argued that classical conditioning explains some behaviors - but operant conditioning plays a much larger role?






42. How is IQ calculated?






43. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






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






45. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






46. A correlation coefficient of zero






47. What is: a permanent facility control done through surgical procedures?






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






49. John Bowlby felt that attachment held evolutionary purpose. Explain






50. Theory that every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first between people - then inside the child.