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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. What is: the method to prevent an egg and sperm from being able to access each other?






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






3. When a participant fills out a survey themselves about themselves






4. What is the sense that gives information about balance and body movement? (if your body is moving - tilting - etc.)






5. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






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






7. What is the study done to show that infants have depth perception?






8. Extension of 'actions speak louder than words' in behavior; follow others' examples despite their words.






9. What is: another form of consciousness involving very little effort; dreaming while awake or letting the mind wander?






10. Gifted children often hide gifts to ______.






11. What is the conception alternative where fertilization of the egg is done outside the body - and then transferred back into the body?






12. Stages of friendship: Momentary playmates






13. 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






14. Defense mechanism in which complete rejection of the feeling or situation






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






16. When people are followed and studied over a long period of time and checked up on at certain points






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






18. Who proposed fluid/crystallized intelligence?






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






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






21. What is the term for: a child's understanding that once you leave the room - you are not gone forever - etc.?






22. What is: small device to block access to the uterus; left in place with spermicide for 6-8 hours - in order to kill any remaining sperm?






23. What is: long lasting contraceptive where six capsules are injected in a woman's arm?






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






25. Those who are mentally retarded are least likely to also have WHAT condition?






26. What is a common learning disability in reading?






27. What is: the theory focused on 'how' of behavior; minds are a continuous flow of information about experiences - and role is to study the mind/behavior as they adapt to the environment






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






29. A higher number of the correlation coefficient closer to the number one shows a:






30. Age at which children begin to share their toys and interact w/ one another - associative play






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






32. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






33. Third stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'If you don't die I will do the following...'






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






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






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






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






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






39. What is: the fluid filled structure in the inner ear that looks like a snail?






40. Level 2 of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development includes which stages






41. Who created the first scientific psychology laboratory?






42. Defense mechanism: hiding the feelings and not acknowledging them






43. What is: attraction to both sexes?






44. What is: a mix of gender identity - gender roles - and orientation; recognition of ourselves as sexual beings.






45. What is: the theory to investigate the elements or 'structures' of the mind; classify structures and focus on conscious thought






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






47. Why does a gamete have a half set of chromosomes?






48. Defense mechanism: transferring your thoughts and feelings onto others






49. What is the name for depth perception cues made with both eyes?






50. First step in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs such as food water and shelter