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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.






3. What is the variable that the experiment is trying to test?






4. Second element: The presence of someone who knows more in an area - like a parent - teacher - coach - etc.?






5. Who first coined self-efficacy?






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






7. What is: the way the brain organizes and gives meaning to information provided by the senses?






8. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?






9. Failure to thrive is caused by:






10. Why are IQ scores only accurate for short periods of time?






11. An environment where children live and attend school






12. In a study - the researchers have direct control over this variable






13. The variable in which the researcher has direct control over






14. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






15. Sigmund Freud's analysis of human personality and subconscious drives features three main components including:






16. Third development of language






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






18. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






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






20. What is: the theory focused on the individual's unconscious motivations?






21. Third step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you may want to meet needs of belongings and love through relationships






22. What are the four characteristics of perception?






23. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally

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24. Also called learning theory - based on the principle of observing and correcting behavior






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






26. What is: the most developed - and largest (80%) - part of the brain?






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






28. List the levels (in order) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






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






30. What is the transparent part in the front of the eye?






31. What is the most dangerous trimester for the fetus (in regard to drug/alcohol use)?






32. Theory that language abilities devlop innately; there must be some mechanism in the brain which aids in language acquisition; who came up with this theory?






33. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






34. What is the part of the ear that includes the eardrum - anvil - and stirrup?






35. A number between +1 and -1 that measures the strength between two variables






36. How is IQ calculated?






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






38. What do endocrine glands do?






39. Not physical abuse but when the child feels rejected or feels failure






40. 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






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






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






43. What is caused by one extra chromosome in the number 21?






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






45. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






46. 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.






47. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






48. 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






49. What is: the part of the ear inside the cochlea; contains sensors that change energy into impulses to be decoded by the brain?






50. Where are genes carried?