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DSST Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Subjects : dsst, psychology
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1. Which stage of development is: Ego Integrity vs. Despair? (what they have done with their life)






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






3. Means that the participants must know the content of the experiment and be warned of any risk or harm






4. What are the four components of psychosocial health?






5. What are the three different types of teratogens?






6. Who was the psychoanalyst who documented stages of emotional growth in regards to babies?






7. How much are the eyes developed in newborns?






8. The process of unassociating the condition with the response






9. Anything which makes a behavior more likely to occur






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






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






12. Which receptor is used for color vision?






13. Dying w/o a will






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






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






16. What is: the bumps on top of the tongue that contain taste buds?






17. What syndrome occurs when someone two X and one Y chromosome...and what gender does this make?






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






19. 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?






20. Did a longitudinal study that showed that smart kids are happy adults






21. Which part of the ANS is the calming part of the system?






22. What are the four lobes of the brain?






23. How is extinction best achieved?






24. When do the two fontanels harden?

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25. What percentage of children are affected by hyperactivity?






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






27. If a test measures what is meant to measure it is considered what?






28. Final stage in the Kubler-Ross's Stages of Dying: 'I'm ready'






29. Why isn't an IQ test a good indicator for children over long periods of time?






30. What is: your thoughts about what gives life purpose--the meaning of life - religion






31. What is: the moment an ovum/egg is fertilized by sperm?






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






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






34. Stage in which a person is concerned w/ how their action might affect society; the social contract orientation






35. What is the chance of a baby having PKU?






36. What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?






37. Who did the study between stimulus and response with dogs; and what did he discover?






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






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






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






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






42. A signal to society that certain rules have changed - this person is no longer a child






43. What is the term for low IQ and mental age of about 4 years old?






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






45. States that infants need to form at least one strong attachment such as to a parent - in order to develop normally

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46. Children are most likely to achieve if parents:






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






48. Chomsky believed that the ability to develop language skills was inherited in ______.






49. What coordinates all movements and muscles?






50. When does language development begin?