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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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1. What is: a child (especially preschool age) doesn't take into consideration other people's needs--their perceptions are limited to their own point of view






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






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






4. The average of a data set






5. What syndrome is characterized by small stature - poor coordination - hyperactive - learning disabilities - mental retardation - or large head?






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






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






8. One's wishes for the distribution of one's property and possessions after death






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






10. Stages of friendship: intimate






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






12. What sends commands to all other parts of the body?






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






14. Which stage of development is: Intimacy vs. Isolation? (emotional ties with others)






15. What is the approach that assumes people organize their perceptions by patterns?






16. A term used in research used to describe something measurable usually expressed as a number






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






18. A collection of data from all cases or people in the chosen set






19. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs consists of which steps?






20. 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.






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






22. What disorder causes a person to have difficulty concentration - be easily distracted - or constantly in motion?






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






24. What is the rating system to judge a baby's functionality when first born?






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






26. True or False: Kohlberg believed that you go through each step of moral development one @ a time and could not skip them.






27. What is the method of surgical delivery?






28. Theory by Bandura; the interaction of a person's personality - the environment - and the behavior.






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






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






31. What is: the realization that objects stay the same even when they are made to look different?






32. What is a fertilized ovum or egg?






33. What are the 8 psychological approaches?






34. What is the name for depth perception cues made with one eye?






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






36. A child that is always in a hurry






37. How is ADHD diagnosed?






38. What is: the theory centered on studying how the mind is involved in knowing - learning - remembering - thinking; study how the mind relates to behavior






39. 1 -3 -4 -5 -7 -8 -10 what is the median?






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






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






42. Dying w/o a will






43. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?






44. Therapy that involves the whole family






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






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






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






48. The awareness of being a male or female






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






50. What is a common learning disability in reading?







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