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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. Who thought of the mind as a stream of consciousness--a flow of emotions - sensations and thoughts?






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






3. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






4. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






5. What is the characteristic that: you fill in areas that we do not have complete information about?






6. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.






7. What is the part in the back of the eye that includes receptors called rods and cones?






8. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?






9. The awareness of being a male or female






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






11. What is the enzyme deficiency that can cause mental retardation without treatment?






12. A way of obtaining information about a specific type of information in which questionnaires are given out to participants who are then asked to answer the questions to the best of their ability






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






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






15. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






16. Children learn and form their conscience and thoughts of what is acceptable behavior from what?






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






18. What is: relating new information to something familiar






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






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






21. What are the five areas of Apgar Rating - with scores of 0-2 in each?






22. Third development of language






23. Age at which children begin to share their toys and interact w/ one another - associative play






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






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






26. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?






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






28. How is ADHD diagnosed?






29. What is: the type of thought related to numerical and intellectual puzzles--with both quick & creative responses?






30. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






31. Who developed the theory of social development?






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






33. Self-aware - recognized - defined






34. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






35. What is the conception alternative where semen is deposited into the body via a thin tube?






36. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






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






38. 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.






39. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






40. The study of the aging process






41. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?






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






43. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?

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44. Who conducted a longitudinal study of smart kids - resulting that they become happy adults?






45. A child that is always in a hurry






46. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






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






48. What is a common learning disability in reading?






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






50. 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?