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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Child readily separates from parent - Actively avoids parent upon reunion






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






3. 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






4. Collective set of inborn traits help to construct a child's approach to the world






5. At about 18 months






6. 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.






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






13. 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






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






15. Children respond automatically since they have formed an association between a stimulus and the response






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






28. 1. Functional 2. Constructive 3. Pretend or Imaginative 4. Rough - and - Tumble 5. Games with Rules






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






35. 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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36. 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






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






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






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






41. 1. Child is physically injured by other than accidental means 2. child is subjected to willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment 3. child is abused or exploited sexually 4. child is neglected by a parent or caretaker who fails to provide adequate f






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Miscarriage - Low birth weight - Poor respiratory functioning






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






49. 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






50. 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