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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






2. What is a learning disability in math - where concepts are learned one day and forgotten the next?






3. The scientific study of words and sentences






4. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






5. 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






6. What is the middle number in a set of data called?






7. What is: the process of working something out in your head; shows the difference between young children (act and try things out) and older (can do things in their heads)






8. Why is self-report data not as reliable as other research methods?






9. What are the four stages of sexual response?






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






11. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?






12. Cultural bias not generally known across all subcultures






13. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity






14. What are the four characteristics of perception?






15. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die

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






17. Four steps of the scientific method include:






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






19. Which part of the ANS is the arousing part of the system?






20. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






21. What does the left half of the brain control?






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






23. What is: when a person or animal responds to a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one






24. 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






25. There are usually two groups in an experiment - titled:






26. How is ADHD diagnosed?






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






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






29. What is: the representation in the mind of a set of perceptions - ideas - and actions - which go together






30. Defense mechanism: Turning a feeling into the exact opposite feeling






31. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'






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






33. Who created structuralism?






34. How is extinction best achieved?






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






36. What types of drugs can hurt a developing fetus if taken by the mother?






37. The final stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. A stage you may never actually meet.






38. Rang the bell each time he fed the dog; eventually how early did the dogs start salivating?






39. Self-esteem begins forming in:






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






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






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






43. What is: the amount of pressure produced by a sound wave - measured in decibels?






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






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






46. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






47. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






48. Rogers and Maslow are both:






49. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?






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