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






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. At about 18 months






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






10. 2-6 years old - Much of baby fat disappears as arms/legs grow longer - Pot belly disappears - internal organs no longer growing faster than body cavity - Decrease in weight is attributed to - walking - fatty tissues start growing at slower rate






11. Varies greatly depending upon these factors: 1. The child 2. The experience 3. Its frequency 4. What is done about it

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






13. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






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






15. The infant shows insecurity and signs of being disoriented






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






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






18. 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






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






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

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21. Infant shows - Insecurity - Signs of being disoriented






22. Personality develops through a series of conflicts that are influenced by society. Eight Stages of age specific crisis we pass through in order to create an equilibrium between our self and society. Turning Points.

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23. 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.






24. 2 most common feelings a child presents surrounding abuse






25. 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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26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






29. Come from both heredity and environment. Many typical changes during childhood are related to maturation. Individual differences tend to increase with age






30. 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






31. 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






32. Identity vs. Identity Confusion (10-20 years - adolescence) - Finding out who they are - what they are all about - where they are going in life. - Confronted with new roles and adult statuses (vocational and romantic) - Identity confusion occurs when






33. 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






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






35. Age - inappropriate sexual behavior or knowledge - Difficulty walking or sitting - Sudden onset of wetting or inflicted self - harm






36. 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






37. The infant becomes anxious before the caregiver leaves and is upset during their absence






38. 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






39. 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 -






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Formation of: body parts - major organs






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






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






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






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






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