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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






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






3. If a mother catches rubella in first trimester - what is the chance that the fetus is affected?






4. How is ADHD diagnosed?






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






6. What is the ring of muscles that makes up the colored part of the eye?






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






8. What is the part of the ear that includes the oval window - cochlea - and organ of Corti?






9. How can parents avoid down syndrome in their children?






10. Who first coined self-efficacy?






11. What is the medical means to terminate a pregnancy?






12. A child that bounces back from a difficult situation






13. When a researcher observes and studies subjects w/o interacting or interfering w/ them






14. What is: any pill designed to prevent pregnancy?






15. How is IQ calculated?






16. Third development of language






17. What is the most popular method for giving birth?






18. What do endocrine glands do?






19. Something used to make a behavior less likely to occur - can be positive or negative






20. By the time they reach middle childhood - most girls will identify with one and only one _______.






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






22. First stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This could never happen to me. This must be a mistake'






23. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






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






25. 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)






26. What are the two different classifications of intelligence?






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






28. What is the name for the bundles of axons - used to communicate between the two halves of brain?






29. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'






30. Parenting styles: 'because I say so'--more prevalent in lower-class families






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






32. What is: structures in the cerebral cortex related to memory and emotion?






33. Who created structuralism?






34. Teaches that when a certain action is performed - there are consequences--reinforces good behavior with extrinsic/intrinsic reinforcers






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






36. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others






37. 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






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






39. What is: your feelings and reactions






40. Defense mechanism: feelings are redirected to someone else






41. What attention disorders also interfere with the learning process?






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






43. 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?






44. Four steps of the scientific method include:






45. Gilligan believed that ________ conflicted between self and other - while ________ conflicted between self and justice






46. What is another name for a newborn?






47. What is another term for the system of hearing?






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






49. 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?






50. Experiment when none of the doctors - researchers - and participants know who is getting the real drug