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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
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1. 2 most common feelings a child presents surrounding abuse






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. Piaget suggested that a child's mind seeks a ________________. At each stage - children form a new way to operate and adapt to the world.






15. Formation of: body parts - major organs






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






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






18. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Children transform symbols into make believe play also pretending






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






26. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence






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






28. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional

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29. 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






30. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to make something






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






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






33. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






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






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






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






37. Infant shows - Insecurity - Signs of being disoriented






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






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. Tag - chasing - wrestling






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






42. Stresses importance of advancing learning via observing & modeling the: behaviors - attitudes - emotional reactions of others

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43. Children imitate behavior through: socialization - by learning gender roles - by self - reinforcement - by self - efficacy - and - via other aspects of personality

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44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






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