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CSET Human Development

Subjects : cset, teaching
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. Children have a problem focusing their attention - become frustrated easily and have difficulty controlling muscle and motor activity






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






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






4. How a child thinks of themselves






5. 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.






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






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. 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






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






10. 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






11. Negative mood and slow to accept change






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






13. Infant separates from parents and avoids parent upon reunion






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. The ability to think three - dimensionally






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






33. 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






34. An infant becoems anxious before the caregiver leaves






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






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






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






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






39. Positive mood and able to adapt to new situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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