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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
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1. Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Law - ______________ are mandated reporters of child abuse






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






3. Trust vs. Mistrust - infancy to 1st year - Physical comfort - minimal fear and low apprehension about the future. Sets stage for life long expectation that world is good. The absence of trust can result in eaving the infant feeeling suspicious - guar






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






5. Children observe adult repeatedly punching & knocking down inflated doll - Later - children imitated aggressive behavior in classroom






6. 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.






7. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning through the salvation of dogs on the ringing of a bell.






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






9. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






10. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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






14. 7-11 years old - Many children grow about 2'/year






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






16. 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






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






18. Varies greatly depending upon these factors: 1. The child 2. The experience 3. Its frequency 4. What is done about it

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






20. Think about thinking occurs in the concrete operations period - a child;s awareness of knowing about one's own knowledge






21. 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.






22. 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






23. 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 -






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






25. Secure attachment is fundamental to a child's ability to emotionally and biologically self - regulate






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






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

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28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. The distance between a child's actual performance and a child's potential performance






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






35. 8 intelligences - intelligence and talent are two different things. Eight intelligences are linguistic - musical - logical - mathematical - spatial - bodily - kinesthetic - interpersonal - naturalistic - existential

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36. Miscarriage - Low birth weight - Poor respiratory functioning






37. Ages 13 to adult in which morality is judged by abstract principles rather than existing rules that govern society and looking into oneself - Involves working out a personal code of ethics. Allows for the possibility of noncompliance with society's r






38. Hard of Hearing. Appear lost or confused.






39. Children believe that their thoughts can cause actions whether or not the experiences have a casual relationship - when I move the clouds move - god moves - sun moves - wind currents move






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






41. This is the ability of a child to arrange objects in logical progression






42. 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






43. 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






44. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






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






46. 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






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






48. Vygotsky believed _____ is an essential aspect of cultural development and that _____ growth and language are _____ based






49. 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






50. 12-18 years old - Puberty - Growth spurts and concomitant clumsiness