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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. How do you fix the problem of mother's cells attacking the baby's?






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






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






4. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






5. Where are genes carried?






6. Who did the experiment with baby monkeys about affection and love?






7. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






8. What is: growth from the center (spine) outward - where vital organs form before the extremities?






9. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






10. Children that are raised on the Kibbutz are used to study the effects of what?






11. What is: when a child can't be conceived via the usual method?






12. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






13. Contains the psychic content related to the primitive instincts of the body - notably sex and aggression - functioning entirely according to the pleasure-pain principle - seeking either immediate fulfillment or settling for a compromise fulfillment






14. What is: small device to block access to the uterus; left in place with spermicide for 6-8 hours - in order to kill any remaining sperm?






15. What is the main difference between classical and operant conditioning?






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






17. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?






18. A disorder where the bones are weakened and become porous - like a sponge






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






20. 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






21. The first experiment of classical conditioning was done by who?






22. What is: term for how much someone values and respects themselves?






23. What is: when adolescents truly believe themselves to be the center of the universe to those around them?






24. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






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






26. What is: sexual self-stimulation or masturbation?






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






28. How is ADHD diagnosed?






29. 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






30. What is a specific period in development when a certain event has the greatest impact? (For example - a certain period of time when a young bird can learn to fly)






31. Categories of old age: 85+






32. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?






33. What is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion






34. Biological theories of aging: as our bodies age - our immune systems become less effective at fighting disease - stress - etc.






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






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






37. The number which occurs the most often






38. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?






39. Failure to thrive is caused by:






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






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






42. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?






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






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






45. A person who uses ______ has a stated position - but also acknowledges that it may change over time.






46. Stages of friendship: two way - fair weathered






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






48. Which thought process is: many ideas are brainstormed to explore many possible solutions; used in creative settings?






49. A child that is always in a hurry






50. Who taught women breathing procedures to get through childbirth - including panting?