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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Birth defects - Premature birth - Low birth weight - Neurological disturbances - High startle rate - Learning disabilities - Slowed motor development






2. Piaget quantified the __________________ - suggesting that there are predictable and orderly developmental accomplishments. Children can be tested at each stage to verify their level of cognitive understanding.






3. Improves physical strength & coordination - If successful then self - esteem can be highly boosted via approval of peers






4. Mother's age - Birth complications for younger & older mothers - Mother's nutrition






5. The infant shows insecurity and signs of being disoriented






6. The 4th of Piaget's periods: beginning from 11 years. Form of intelligence in which higher level mental operations make possible logical reasoning with respect to abstract and hypothetical events and not merely concrete objects. Hypothetical Deductiv






7. Often during elementary school - Have rules - are competitive - pleasurable - Preschool games more about taking turns - Replace around age 12 by practice play and organized sports - Can be engaged in throughout life






8. A study found that children could be described with 9 characteristics they then grouped into 3






9. Educational Implications of Language Development: Teachers must be aware that the process of language development is multifaceted - including...






10. Children who don't fall into an easy/difficult/cautious category have...






11. Drawing conclusions from specific examples to make a general conclusion - even when the conclusion is not accurate






12. Match between a child's temperament and environment or demands on child - Ex: quiet child in boisterous family - Ex: active child in scholarly family >






13. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






14. Transformation of symbols into make - believe play - Pretending helps to build a child's imagination - Imagination boundless at this time - Preschool years






15. 1. Child is physically injured by other than accidental means 2. child is subjected to willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment 3. child is abused or exploited sexually 4. child is neglected by a parent or caretaker who fails to provide adequate f






16. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






17. Mental retardation via FAS - FAS: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Low birth weight - Unusual facial characteristics






18. According to the Individuals with disabilities Act or IDEA all children with disabilities are guaranteed a free - appropriate publec education.






19. Difficulty paying attention - Easily distracted - Show hyperactivity - Become frustrated easily - Difficulty controlling muscle or motor activity (constantly moving) - Difficulty staying on task - succumbing to whatever attracts their attention - Sho






20. ____ theorists agree that ____ activities serve a valuable function in the development of important ____ and ____ skills in children.






21. Middle childhood - 7 to 11 years - mastery of conservation the child begins to think logically - (7-11 yrs) Children understand conservation - less egocentrism - understand hierarchal classification - can focus on multiple aspects at a time. Children






22. 12-18 years old - Puberty - Growth spurts and concomitant clumsiness






23. Children imitate behavior through: socialization - by learning gender roles - by self - reinforcement - by self - efficacy - and - via other aspects of personality

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24. 1. Teachers can use behavior modification in the classroom as a learning tool (altering the environment or situation to produce a more favorable outcome) 2. Teachers can reinforce positive behavior to produce subsequent desirable behaviors (e.g. - po






25. 1. Use of mediators for learning - A connection/intermediary between the child and that which is to be learned - E.g. - an adult or older child 2. Emphasis of language and shared activity for learning 3. Shared activity






26. Infancy - Birth to 2 years - infants physical response to the immediate surroundings - Infants learn of their environments through sensation and movement. Egocentrism - infants are the center of their universe.






27. Estimates indicate ___% of children in US follow all the dietary guidelines.






28. 1. Provides an alternative to behavior theorists' belief that children are merely passive learners. Children actively move through operational stages.

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29. Remember Zone of Proximal Development - what can they do on their own - what can they do with help






30. Sensorimotor movements manipulating objects in order to receive pleasure - Begins during infancy - Involves repetition of behavior/muscle movement - Can be engaged in throughout life






31. Occurs when children take existing schemes and adjust them to fit their experience piano/keyboard






32. Play is a social activity children engage in just for...






33. Condition of significantly sub - average intelligence combined with deficiencies in adaptive behavior; implies an inability to perform at least some of the ordinary tasks of daily living skills; IQ of 0-70 in categories of mild - moderate - severe -






34. Refers to children believing that non - living objects have lifelike qualities






35. Hard of Hearing. Appear lost or confused.






36. 2-6 years old - Much of baby fat disappears as arms/legs grow longer - Pot belly disappears - internal organs no longer growing faster than body cavity - Decrease in weight is attributed to - walking - fatty tissues start growing at slower rate






37. Identity vs. Identity Confusion (10-20 years - adolescence) - Finding out who they are - what they are all about - where they are going in life. - Confronted with new roles and adult statuses (vocational and romantic) - Identity confusion occurs when






38. Good way to evaluate child's body fat is to review their...






39. Mood - generally - Environment - Activity - Threshold for reacting to stimulation






40. Pioneer of operant conditioning who believed that everything we do is determined by our past history of rewards and punishments. he is famous for use of his operant conditioning aparatus which he used to study schedules of reinforcement on pidgeons a






41. Boys/girls about same weight/height - Girls growing only slightly slower than boys






42. Type of play begins during infancy with sensorimotor movements manipulating objects on order to receive pleasure






43. Allow the student to sit behind others so that the student won't disturb others - and teach the student to tap his pencil on a sleeve or leg instead of the table






44. Child becomes upset when caregiver leaves - is upset during absence






45. Young children cannot differentiate between their own perspectives and feelings and someone elses






46. Lack of parenting skills - Economic stressors - Lack of education - Repetition of generational family abuse






47. Collective set of inborn traits help to construct a child's approach to the world






48. Girls more fatty tissue than boys - Boys more muscle tissue - Height/weight about same - just distributed differently - Boys might tend to be slightly taller/heavier






49. Formation of: body parts - major organs






50. Children with a perceptual - motor disability have difficult with coordination and may often appear clumsy or disoriented - Sometimes their hands are in constant motion and may get in the way of their activity