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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

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






2. What is the factor that always stays the same?






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






4. What are the two directions of growth in the embryo?






5. Defense mechanism: a type of displacement - a redirection of the feeling into a socially productive activity






6. What does STDs stand for - including AIDS and herpes?






7. A type of conditioning in which a person associates an action with a consequence






8. Which lobe is related to vision?






9. What is: your thoughts - beliefs - attitudes - and values






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






11. A term used to describe something similar in structure or organization






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






13. A communication style in which single words are used to communicate - typical of toddlers learning to speak - for example 'give' or 'mama'. The meaning is still understood even though complete sentences are not used






14. The smallest unit of a word which has meaning - may be bound or free






15. Which protective brain layer is the strongest and thickest?






16. Infants develop a secure attachment when parents pay attention to and respond to a child's needs. What theory includes this statement?






17. A method of modifying behavior - by ignoring the behavior so you don't have the response






18. Who argued that if psychology was a true science - then psychologists should only study what they could see and measure (behaviorist theory)?






19. What is the white part of the eye that protects and manages the shape of the eye?






20. Which lobe is related to hearing?






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






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






23. 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)






24. Failure to thrive is caused by:






25. In a kibbutz - the real parents of children may see them for one hour a day - a time referred to as the __________.






26. Which thought process is a creative process?






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






28. What two things make up the central nervous system?






29. Observing someone's behavior and basing our own behavior on it






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






31. Level 1 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development






32. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






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






34. Who believed that children's thinking doesn't develop smoothly - but instead certain points where it 'takes off' and transitions into new areas?






35. What is a disease also called German measles?






36. A morpheme that must be w/ a word






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


38. Stereotypes in genders; boys play with trucks and girls wear makeup - etc.






39. When a participant starts to feel the effects of the drug but is actually taking a sugar pill or placebo






40. What is: the number of full wavelengths that pass through a point in a given amount of time






41. What side of the N/N debate means that a child will be born with whatever disposition - tastes - personality they were 'meant' to have; believe that there are bad seeds.






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






43. What is: irrelevant stimuli that compete for our attention (like traffic)






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






45. Stages of friendship: autonomous - interdependent






46. The integrator between the outer and inner worlds - as well as the id and the superego. Gives continuity and consistency to behavior by providing a personal point of reference - which relates to the events of the past and actions of the present and o






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






48. What part of the central nervous system controls all necessary functions of the body?






49. 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.






50. What is: T-shaped device implanted in uterus by a physician for five to ten years at a time?