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CSET Human Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to create something






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






3. Providing an environment that provides an environment for all students to think and learn






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






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






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






7. Infant shows insecurity and signs of being disoriented






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






9. Physical abuse - sexual abuse - neglect - or emotional abuse of a child. most likely caused by parents who were abused when they were younger






10. A child is able to for ma specific hypothesis from any given general theory. A child who observes that short kids aren't selected for the team concludes he won't be selected because he is short. Occurs in the formal operations stage.






11. The ability to think three - dimensionally






12. 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






13. Children have a problem focusing their attention - become frustrated easily and have difficulty controlling muscle and motor activity






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






15. Realizing that seen objects still exist after being hidden from sight - occurs during the sensori - motor stage






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






17. Occurs at 18 months old in which children transform symbols into make - believe play






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






19. 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






20. The idea of thinking about how to think






21. Realiziation that objects can change form (from solid to liquid and back) and still remain the same object - especially during the concrete operational stage






22. Children can 'think about thinking' in the concrete operations period. Occurs in the concrete operational stage






23. Children with a difficulty with coordination and appear clumsy and disoriented






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






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






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






27. Children learn about fairness and understand that there must be rules






28. The ability to carry out mathematical operations






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






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






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






32. Consists of the ability to create - design - imagine or invent






33. An individual's acceptance of responsibility for their own learning






34. The process of organizing energy and activity at progressively high levels in order to increase human potential






35. Age above 11 in which children can grasp the ideas of algebratic equations - hypothesis in science - and can think for themselves and can solve complex problems






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






37. Children connnect specific experiences - whether or not they a logical casual relationship. A child who was mean to his sister and then his sister is sick believes in turn that he made his sister sick. Occurs in the pre - operational stage.






38. Negative mood and slow to accept change






39. Disabilities in which a child's intelligence does not reflect their low- education skills.






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






41. The ability to observe patterns in nnature and understand natural and human - made systems






42. The way that a child mentally represents and organizes the world. An infant sitting on a high chair drops a plastic cup on the floor thinking someone will pick it up.






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






44. Focuses on ability to use - apply - implment and put something into practice. They are 'street smart'






45. Positive mood and able to adapt to new situations






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






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






48. 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






49. Difficulty with math






50. A social activity that children engaeg in for its old child and is an important part of cognitive development