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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)






2. A medical doctor with a degree who specializes in psychotherapy - who can prescribe drugs






3. Four steps of the scientific method include:






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






5. Parenting styles: respects individually - but tries to instill social values






6. We smell when airborne molecules of an odor reach tiny receptor cells in the top of the nasal cavity; what is the name of this receptor area?






7. What is: the process by which a society identifies its expectations?






8. Piaget believed that the individual actively constructs knowledge about the world--what is the term for this?






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






10. Is there currently a cure for Alzheimer's disease?






11. How is ADHD diagnosed?






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






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






14. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?






15. How does the pupil work?






16. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






17. Categories of old age: 65-74






18. What are the four areas of taste that taste-buds recognize?






19. What is: attraction to the opposite sex?






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






21. The number which occurs the most often






22. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






23. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?

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






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






26. When someone sees an incomplete form - they fill in the pieces and perceive it as it would be that way. What Gestalt principle is this an example of?






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






28. What is: where the lens changes its curves to help the eye focus?






29. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






30. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?






31. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






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






33. What regulates internal temperature - eating - sleeping - drinking - emotions - and sexual activity?






34. Applied when a test measures something more than one facet






35. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






36. A child that is always in a hurry






37. What are: the harmful substances to a developing fetus?






38. 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)






39. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






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






41. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






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






43. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






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






45. Putting disabled students w/ normal students






46. What are the four stages of sexual response?






47. Usually has a doctoral degree in psychology plus an internship; cannot prescribe medicine.






48. What are the four lobes of the brain?






49. The name most associated with operant conditioning is who?






50. Categories of old age: 75-84