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CSET Human Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Play during elementary school with rules that are competitive and pleasurable - replaced by practice play and organized sports






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. The support system that a teacher provides to support achild until the task can be mastered alone






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






11. 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






12. Slowly adapts to changes as they are repeatedly exposed to it






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






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






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






16. The idea of thinking about how to think






17. 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.






18. The ability to think three - dimensionally






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






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 ability to think in words and to use langauge to express meaning






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






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






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






25. The infant uses the caregiver/parent as the secure base to exlpore the environment






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






27. How a child thinks of themselves






28. Positive mood and able to adapt to new situations






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






30. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to create something






31. 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






32. An infant becoems anxious before the caregiver leaves






33. 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






34. Children who have a difficulty learning because of abormalities such as a mother's use of alcohol or drugs during a pregnancy






35. Begins at the end of early childhood but popular during mid - childhood like tag - chasing - and wrestling






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






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






38. The ability to carry out mathematical operations






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






40. 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.






41. Difficulty with math






42. Ability to understand others - a people person who has good conversational skills and knows to interact with others






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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