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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. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






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






3. A learning disability characterized by substandard reading achievement due to the inability of the brain to process symbols; also known as a developmental reading disorder. Skip or reverse words. Confuses left and right reading.






4. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






5. Initiative vs. Guilt (3-5 years - preschool years) - - As challenges occur - initiative is needed for purposeful behavior - responsibility for body - behavior - toys - pets - etc...The child may feel like anything he does may dissappoint people aroun






6. Altering the environment or situation to produce a more favorable outcome






7. Belief in the ability to do things on one's own






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






9. 1. Teachers must recognize that children internalize what is right and wrong based upon their basic values and sense of self. 2. Teachers must recognize the sequential foundation upon which higher moral principles are based. 3. Teachers must recogniz






10. Transformations in a child's thought - language - and intelligence. Theories: 1. Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development 2. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development 3. Multi - theoretical perspectives of language - intelligence - and children with spe






11. Based on what can be observed and learned through experience in the child's environment. Learning behavior theories: Ivan Pavlov's and John Watson's classical conditioning B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning. Social theories in understanding child de






12. Ages 10 -13 in which children are more concerned about the opinions of their peers. Second level of Kohlberg's stages of moral development in which the child's behavior is governed by conforming to the society's norms of behavior






13. Recognition that objects and events continue to exist even when they are not visible






14. Through repetition (and based upon the child's experience) - learning is predictable - Teachers can help children be successful by making their world more orderly and predictable - Teachers will recognize that a child's learned experiences can accou






15. Children are not equipped: physically - emotionally - socially - compared to adult caregivers






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






17. Come from both heredity and environment. Many typical changes during childhood are related to maturation. Individual differences tend to increase with age






18. At about 18 months






19. Formulating a specific hypothesis from any given general theory - what might be






20. A conceptual tool that allows a child to recognize that when altering the appearance of an object the basic properties do not change






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






22. 12: girls taller/boys weigh more - 13/14: boys taller & weigh more - 18: boys 4' taller 20 lbs heavier - Acceleration large motor physical strength in boys - Clumsy initially -- fast growth arms/legs - Quickly acquire ease of movement






23. Children transform symbols into make believe play also pretending






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






25. Tag - chase - wrestling - Begins about the end of early childhood - Most popular during middle childhood






26. By understanding Piaget's stages of cognitive development - teachers can avoid presenting material in the classroom that is beyond the...

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27. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional

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28. Piaget suggested that a child's mind seeks a ________________. At each stage - children form a new way to operate and adapt to the world.






29. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






30. Birth to 2 years old - Grow faster in this period than any other






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






32. Strongly improves child's problem - solving abilities - E.g. reading buddies






33. The infant uses the caregiver as the secure base to explore the environment






34. A collective set of inborn traits that help to construct a child's approach to the world






35. The tendency of the child to focus on only one piece of information at a time while disregarding all others






36. Child uses caregiver as secure base from which to explore environment - example - Child freely separates from parent to play






37. 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






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






39. Miscarriage - Low birth weight - Poor respiratory functioning






40. Easy (flexible) - Difficult (active or feisty) - Slow- to - warm - up (cautious)






41. Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt (1-3yrs) - virtue - Will - Central issue: Can I act on my own? toddler learns how to explore - experiment - make mistakes and test limits to gain self independence of self reliance -






42. 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






43. Home environment influences much of a child's _____. Diets of minority families and socioeconomically deprived children are especially ____.






44. Children in the US consume excess ____ and ____.






45. Stresses importance of advancing learning via observing & modeling the: behaviors - attitudes - emotional reactions of others

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46. ndustry vs. Inferiority (6 years - puberty) - Mastering knowledge and intellectual skills - enthusiastic about learning - imagination - Inferiority if feelings of incompetence and unproductiveness arise. If inferiority out weights industry - low self






47. 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.






48. Using objects to make something - Combines sensorimotor movements and creation/construction of something - Toddlers & preschoolers






49. An internalized set of rules influencing the feelings - thoughts and behavior of an individual in deciding what is right and wrong.






50. Development is motivated by the search for a stable balance toward effective adaptations