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CSET Human Development

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An individual's acceptance of responsibility for their own learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. The ability to think three - dimensionally






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Infant separates from parents and avoids parent upon reunion






37. A collection of abilities that allow a child to learn - think - experience - and adapt to a new situation in the world






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






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






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






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






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






43. An infant becoems anxious before the caregiver leaves






44. The act of putting things in order - especially during the concrete operational stage






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






46. 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.






47. 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






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






49. Difficulty with math






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