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






2. Ages 10 -13 in which children are more concerned about the opinions of their peers. Second level of Kohlberg's stages of moral development in which the child's behavior is governed by conforming to the society's norms of behavior






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 2 most common feelings a child presents surrounding abuse






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






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






16. 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






17. Hard of Hearing. Appear lost or confused.






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






19. The infant shows insecurity and signs of being disoriented






20. 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






21. A conceptual tool that allows a child to recognize that when altering the appearance of an object the basic properties do not change






22. 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






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






24. Environmental agents that can cause abnormalities in a fetus - Prevent or modify normal cell division - Danger - thus - greatest during embryonic stage (2-8 weeks)






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






26. Children transform symbols into make believe play also pretending






27. Tag - chasing - wrestling






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






29. 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






30. Allow them to work through whatever range of feelings they have






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






32. Estimates indicate ___% of children in US follow all the dietary guidelines.






33. ndustry vs. Inferiority (6 years - puberty) - Mastering knowledge and intellectual skills - enthusiastic about learning - imagination - Inferiority if feelings of incompetence and unproductiveness arise. If inferiority out weights industry - low self






34. The way children incorporate new information with existing schemes in order to form a new cognitive structure - fitting the new knowledge into a template of existing schemes






35. 1. Physical Abuse 2. Physical Neglect 3. Sexual Abuse 4. Emotional Maltreatment






36. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to make something






37. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






38. Boys/girls about same weight/height - Girls growing only slightly slower than boys






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






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






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


47. 12-18 years old - Puberty - Growth spurts and concomitant clumsiness






48. WISC. IQ test designed for school - age children. Test assesses potential in many areas - including vocabulary - knowledge - memory - spatial comprehension






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


50. 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