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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

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1. 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






2. Difficulty paying attention - Easily distracted - Show hyperactivity - Become frustrated easily - Difficulty controlling muscle or motor activity (constantly moving) - Difficulty staying on task - succumbing to whatever attracts their attention - Sho






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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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9. 1. Functional 2. Constructive 3. Pretend or Imaginative 4. Rough - and - Tumble 5. Games with Rules






10. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to make something






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






12. 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.






13. Child readily separates from parent - Actively avoids parent upon reunion






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

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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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 -






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. The ability to draw conclusions about a relationship between two objects by knowing the relationship to a third object






29. Hard of Hearing. Appear lost or confused.






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






39. Early childhood - 2 to 7 years - Egocentric focus on symbolic thought and imagination - This stage lasts from about two to seven years of age. During this stage - children get better at symbolic thought - but they can't yet reason. According to Piage






40. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional

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






42. Children learn from operating in the environment






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






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






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






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






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






48. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






49. ____ theorists agree that ____ activities serve a valuable function in the development of important ____ and ____ skills in children.






50. Play is critical to _____ advancement in children







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