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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






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






3. What is the characteristic that: you may be more interested in a person - rather than what she is saying?






4. What is the term for the death of a child under one year - for no apparent reason?






5. Deaf children will often be more proficient at communicating through _______ than do hearing infants - often being able to sign at ten months old






6. In children babbling begins around age _____ - while in deaf infants babbling usually begins around several months later






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






8. What is: the ability to group objects together on the basis of common features?






9. When do children develop object permanence?






10. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






11. Which lobe is related to body sensations?






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






13. Second stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'This is unfair. Why me?'






14. Dying w/o a will






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






16. The repetition of certain syllables






17. What are the two parts responsible for bending light and focusing it in the back of the eye?






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






19. Gilligan believed that Kholberg's theory described the male progression which she called the what?






20. What is the perception characteristic that: you don't have to think about it for it to happen?






21. What is: a state of mental balance - reconciling new experiences with new understanding






22. Read pages 22-25 for charts: Piaget's Stages of Development and Freud's Psychosexual Stages






23. Who created functionalism?






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






25. Defense mechanism: you deny your feelings and come up with ways to justify your behavior






26. Which protective brain layer is mostly blood vessels?






27. What is the name for the awareness of external and internal events?






28. What is the very critical period of the first 3 months in the womb?






29. What are the four layers that protect the brain?






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






31. Categories of old age: 75-84






32. Where nursing care is given meant to maximize the quality of life for someone who is dying






33. What is: the type of thought that has to do with factual information--trivia - vocabulary - science - history?






34. What is another name for a sound wave's amplitude?






35. What is: your sense of being a man or woman as defined by society?






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






37. What is: a progesterone shot given every three months?






38. Which stage of development is: Identity vs. Role Confusion? (who am I)






39. What kind of problem can it cause when a husband and wife have different blood types?

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40. Fourth development of language






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






42. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






43. How many PAIRS of chromosomes do body cells have?






44. What is: an experienced practitioner who can attend pregnancies and deliveries?






45. What is: sheath of thin latex designed to catch sperm upon ejaculation?






46. When one variable increases while another variable decreases. We call this a what?






47. 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)






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






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






50. What is the clear membrane in front of the eye that protects it?