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CSET Human Development

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Consists of the ability to create - design - imagine or invent






2. Drawing conclusions from specific examples to make a general conclusion - even if the conclusion is not accurate. A child sees round balls so they presume that all balls are round






3. Children making errors because they can't understand that an operation moves in more than one direction. Occurs in the pre - operational stage.






4. A memory strategy in which children repeat a concept that needs to be memorized until they remember it






5. Children think of the principles of society's laws and norms from ages 13 and up. Individuals think about their inalienable rights (like liberty and pursuit of happiness) and not just the specific laws themselves. Children are willing to stand up and






6. Age between seven to eleven in which a child can solve simple problems while thinking about multiple dimensions of information






7. Child appeals to causes in nature 'The sun moves the clouds'






8. Having a sensitivity to pitch - emlody - rhythm - and tone






9. A child's tendency to focus on a single piece of information at a time while they are disregarding all others - mostly in the pre - operational stage






10. Child approaches adult explanation 'clouds move because of the wind currents'






11. Occurs during infancy with movements manipulating objects to receive pleasure






12. Children are aware of the ability to store their experieneces in their head as memory. Occurs in the concrete operational stage






13. A set of inborn traitrs that help a child approach the world






14. The ways individual brains process information - including visual stimuli - is impeded in one way or another






15. The abiity to solve problems using the body and physical skill (surgeons - craftspeople - dancers - athletes)






16. How a child thinks of themselves






17. The ability to think in words and to use langauge to express meaning






18. Play during elementary school with rules that are competitive and pleasurable - replaced by practice play and organized sports






19. Infant shows insecurity and signs of being disoriented






20. Realizing that a pile of pennies can contain the same number as an amount of spread out pennies - especially during the concrete operational stage. A child is able to understand numbers - volumes - weight - and matter. Occurs in the concrete operatio






21. The process by which a child incorporates new experience into previous understandings and modifies that experience to include the new information






22. Children and adults interpret a new experience in terms of their previous understandings






23. The level of moral development in which children focus on what they are supposed to do from ages 10 to 13. Children are influenced by the behavior of authority figures - like parents and teachers - and seek approval of those figures. Children become






24. Middle school students are fully responsible for their own behavior; understand and can remember and can follow the rules






25. At ages 7 and up - children realizes that rules are being made by people and can decide between right and wrong






26. Has an ability to understand oneself and effectively direct one's life






27. Infant separates from parents and avoids parent upon reunion






28. The idea that children learn from operating in their environment and that teachers can modify behavior by alterring their environments






29. Between ages 4 to 7 - children comprehend that morality is developed through unchangeable rules






30. Children can understand simple concrete rules - wait their turn - sit at tables - will need to be constnatly reminded of rules - follow rules to avoid punishment - become aware over time that there are reasons for rules






31. Reality is defined by apperance 'When I move - the clouds move with me.'






32. Developmental reading disorder - they see letters and numbers in different positions or have diffiuclty with eye - hand coordination






33. Children who find it difficult to distinguish between differences in sounds and may not appar to be paying attention in class






34. The idea that behavior is leaerned based upon repetition - association and antiicipation - through thorough repetition - learning can be predictable






35. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to create something






36. The level of moral development that children start out as from ages four to 10. Children avoid wrong - doing so they do not get in trouble. Children realize fairness and understand that people act in their own best interest






37. By Albert Bandura - that children imitate the beahviors - attitudes - and emotional reaction of others






38. The idea of thinking about how to think






39. Development of a child in three phases - state of balance - thought changes and cnoflict ammerges - and through assimilation and accomodation - a more sophisticated form of thought surfaces






40. Child appeals to a powerful force 'God moves the clouds'






41. A child's development stage between age two to age 7. A child develops symbolic thought and imagination is boundless - they start to ask why questions and make errors in spoken language. The use words to label and order the words






42. Stage from birth to two years of life. The child uses their senses to ddifferentiate themselvs from the external world






43. A child realizes that if A equals B and B equals C - then A equals C. Occurs in the formal operations stage.






44. Children belive that non - living objects have lifelike qualiies like through imaginary friends. Occurs in the pre - operational stage.






45. When an individual sees themselves as the center of the universe - especially during the sensorimotor stage






46. The idea that a child who has formed secured attachments when they are a child are more likely to be successful in school than those that aren't; these are children whose authority figures have been dependable is more liekly to have trusting - loving






47. The ability to carry out mathematical operations






48. The idea of deductive logic - the idea that two concepts or objects have a relationship to each other - especially during the concrete operational stage






49. People who are intelligent possess a high level of common sense and have the ability to succeed according to personal definition of success






50. Negative mood and slow to accept change