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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. This is the ability of a child to arrange objects in logical progression






2. 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






3. Children transform symbols into make believe play also pretending






4. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






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






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






7. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to make something






8. 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






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






10. The temporary support system from a teacher or older peer to support the child until the task can be mastered alone






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






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. 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






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






15. The infant readily separates from the caregiver and actively avoids the parent upon return






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






17. While 1 or 2 symptoms do not necessarily mean a child is abused - some common signs are...






18. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence






19. 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.






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

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






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






23. Ages 4 to 10 in which children obey because they're parents tell them to and fear consequences - Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which rewards and punishments dominate moral thinking






24. 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.






25. 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






26. The way children incorporate new information with existing schemes in order to form a new cognitive structure - fitting the new knowledge into a template of existing schemes






27. Children mentally connect specific experiences whether or not there is a logical casual relationship






28. 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






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






30. The infant shows insecurity and signs of being disoriented






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






32. Personality develops through a series of conflicts that are influenced by society. Eight Stages of age specific crisis we pass through in order to create an equilibrium between our self and society. Turning Points.

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33. By 10-12 girls/boys same height/weight - Vast differences gross fine motor skills - Boys' leg/arm muscle coordination stronger - Run faster; jump - catch - throw - kick farther - Girls: stronger fine motor skills - More coordinated hand - manipulatio






34. Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience - solve problems - and use knowledge to adapt to new situations Traditional IQ - Gardners's Multiple Intelligence and Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence.






35. WISC. IQ test designed for school - age children. Test assesses potential in many areas - including vocabulary - knowledge - memory - spatial comprehension






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






37. Allow them to work through whatever range of feelings they have






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






39. Hard of Hearing. Appear lost or confused.






40. Environmental agents that can cause abnormalities in a fetus - Prevent or modify normal cell division - Danger - thus - greatest during embryonic stage (2-8 weeks)






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






42. Temperament traits are _____ in development of _____ and way a child shows _____ responses.






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






44. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






45. 1. Functional 2. Constructive 3. Pretend or Imaginative 4. Rough - and - Tumble 5. Games with Rules






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






47. 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






48. Children make errors in their thinking because they cannot understand that an operation moves in more than one direction






49. 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






50. 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.