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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Birth defects - Premature birth - Low birth weight - Neurological disturbances - High startle rate - Learning disabilities - Slowed motor development






2. 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






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






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






5. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






6. Be consistent and write down predictable outlines - schedules - and deadlines - Demonstrate and model appropriate behavior - giving positive reinforcement - Talk slowly - making eye contact when possible - and keep conversations brief - Keep peripher






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






8. 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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9. 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.






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






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






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






13. Miscarriage - Low birth weight - Poor respiratory functioning






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. Children believe that their thoughts can cause actions whether or not the experiences have a casual relationship - when I move the clouds move - god moves - sun moves - wind currents move






26. 2 most common feelings a child presents surrounding abuse






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






28. 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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29. Tag - chasing - wrestling






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






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






32. Children make errors in their thinking because they cannot understand that an operation moves in more than one direction






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






34. 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






35. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






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






37. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional

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






39. 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






40. Hard of Hearing. Appear lost or confused.






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

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42. 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






43. 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






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

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






46. Strongly improves child's problem - solving abilities - E.g. reading buddies






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






48. 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.






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






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