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CSET Human Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Occurs at 18 months old in which children transform symbols into make - believe play






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. The ability to carry out mathematical operations






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Infant separates from parents and avoids parent upon reunion






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






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






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






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






25. The ability to think three - dimensionally






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






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






28. Positive mood and able to adapt to new situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to create something






44. An infant becoems anxious before the caregiver leaves






45. Essentially measures the same elements that are measured by traditional intelligence - such as memory - critical thinking and problem solving






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






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






48. How a child thinks of themselves






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






50. Negative mood and slow to accept change