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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Developed with Physical structures to produce sounds - cognitive structures to produce thought process - and social structures to experience language through learning and practicing.






7. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to make something






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






9. Poor hygiene - E.g. - soiled clothes - dirty hair - body odor - Poor nutrition - E.g. - excessive hunger - weight loss






10. Vygotsky - Every function in a child's cultural development appears twice -- when?






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Children respond automatically since they have formed an association between a stimulus and the response






20. Involves a given set of rules and declines around age 12 usually replaced with organized sports






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






22. Modern descendent of the first successful intelligence test that measures general intelligence and four factors verbal reasoning - quantitative reasoning - spatial reasoning - and short - term memory.






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






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






25. Miscarriage - Low birth weight - Poor respiratory functioning






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






27. 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 -






28. 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






29. 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.






30. 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






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






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






33. Hard of Hearing. Appear lost or confused.






34. Most children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) show symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity - but there are some children who are inattentive and do not show signs of hyperactivity; these children have Attention Deficit Dis






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

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






37. Birth defects - Premature birth - Low birth weight - Neurological disturbances - High startle rate - Learning disabilities - Slowed motor development






38. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional

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39. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






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






41. 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






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

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43. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






44. 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.






45. 1. Secure Attachment 2. Anxious - Resistant Attachment 3. Anxious - Avoidant Attachment 4. Disorganized - Disoriented Attachment






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






47. Sensorimotor - preoperational - concrete operations - formal operations

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48. 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






49. 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.






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