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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Infant shows - Insecurity - Signs of being disoriented






3. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional

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






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






6. Much of what we know about how children think feel and respond to the world come from him. His theory states that children predictable and orderly stages of cognitive development and at each stage they form a new way to operate and adapt to the world

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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. 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






9. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






10. Miscarriage - Low birth weight - Poor respiratory functioning






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






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

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






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






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






17. 1. release physical energy 2. gain mastery over their bodies 3. acquire new motor skills 4. form better relationships among peers 5. try out new social rules 6. advance cognitive development 7. practice and explore new competencies






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






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






20. 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






21. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






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






23. Children transform symbols into make believe play also pretending






24. Children learn from operating in the environment






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






26. A successful childhood counseling treatment b/c it allows children to feel less threatened while working out conflicts and expressing their unresolved feelings






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Refers to the match between a child's temperament and environmental demands the child must deal with






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






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

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






39. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to make something






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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






49. The child uses words and images to form mental representations to remember objects without being physically present






50. At about 18 months







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