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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What is the name for the two halves of the brain?






2. What do endocrine glands do?






3. Stages that a person goes through when they find out they have an incurable disease or find out they are going to die

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4. What most-extreme fate does syphillis often cause in infants?






5. What is the drug to cause an abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy?






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






7. Where are genes carried?






8. 1 + 5 + 6. What is the mean?






9. What is the method in which a variable and constant are use to test theories?






10. What is: the study of substances which are harmful to prenatal development?






11. Fourth stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'There's nothing I can do about this'






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






13. 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.






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






15. What is a sometimes-fatal disease occuring from the excessive use of tampons - or leaving a diaphragm in - for longer than prescribed time?






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






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






18. The larger the sample:






19. Why is autism rare in children for the first 2 1/2 years?

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20. Why did studies used by Piaget and Freud lead to wrong conclusions?






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






22. Defined as diseases which are either related to or caused by a sedentary lifestyle - in other words - caused by the lack of regular exercise or activity






23. Types of child play in chronological order:






24. What is: your feelings and reactions






25. What is the method to find the amount that one variable changes in relation to another?






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






27. Which stage of development is: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (making their own decisions)






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






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






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






31. What is the main symptom of hyperactivity?






32. What is being able to reproduce knowledge from memory?






33. What is the method of surgical delivery?






34. What houses memories and controls our responses to different sensory signals?






35. When one variable increase - another variable increases. We call this a what?






36. 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?






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






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






39. What is the chance of having a boy or girl - according to Mendel's experiments in genetics?






40. Stages of friendship: intimate






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






42. A type of research done inside of a lab - selected to monitor specific biological changes in individuals by using expensive and sophisticated machinery






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






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






45. Second step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs






46. What is: psychological definition for having more equal personality characteristics between male&female?






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






48. What side of the N/N debate means that all children are first good; believe it is the way they are brought up that affects personality and actions?






49. What is: areas of the body which - when touched - lead to sexual arousal?






50. What is the most extreme outcome of a woman drinking during her pregnancy?