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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. According to the Individuals with disabilities Act or IDEA all children with disabilities are guaranteed a free - appropriate publec education.






2. 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






3. Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Law - ______________ are mandated reporters of child abuse






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






5. 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






6. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Temporary support system to support child until task can be mastered alone






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






15. 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.






16. Occurs when children take existing schemes and adjust them to fit their experience piano/keyboard






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






18. 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






19. Child uses caregiver as secure base from which to explore environment - example - Child freely separates from parent to play






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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 -






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 7-11 years old - Many children grow about 2'/year






37. 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






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






39. 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






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. Formation of: body parts - major organs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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