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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. Aside from learning disabilities - what physical problem do Kleinfelter people have?

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2. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






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






4. What do doctors agree is the best way to feed babies?






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






6. Something pleasant used to make a behavior more likely






7. What is the part of the ear that includes the pinna and external auditory canal?






8. Biological theories of aging: like everything else in the world - the human body wears out






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Jean Piaget extensively used which research method to study children?






16. What is: relating new information to something familiar






17. What are the four stages of sexual response?






18. Categories of old age: 75-84






19. Who founded the Hierarchy of Needs theory?






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






21. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






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






23. Once the disease strikes - an individual w/ Alzheimer's disease usually has their life expectancy is:






24. 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?






25. Stage in which a person abides by the law because they think that law is a higher order; laws cannot be broken under any circumstance; social-order-maintaining orientation






26. 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)






27. How is ADHD diagnosed?






28. What is the main relay station for incoming sensory signals to the cerebral cortex - and outgoing motor signals from it?






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






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






31. What is: term used to describe a person's belief that they can perform a task successfully?






32. When do the two fontanels harden?

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33. What is the name of the scientist known as the father of genetics and inheritance?






34. What are: the principles and standards of behavior - including morals; right/wrong and having one's actions correlate with their beliefs






35. What two other chemicals do the adrenal glands secrete?






36. Who coined the Theory of Moral Development?






37. What is the term to describe the thinking part of health?






38. Disagreed w/ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development because his subjects were mainly male






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






40. What is: expression of your maleness or femaleness on a daily basis?






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






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






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






44. Id - Ego - and Super Ego were all founded by who?






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






46. What is: a person's attraction to other people?






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






48. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






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






50. Fourth step in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in which you begin to think about you self-esteem and how you feel as a person