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CSET Human Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Child approaches adult explanation 'clouds move because of the wind currents'






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






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






4. 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






5. How a child thinks of themselves






6. 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






7. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to create something






8. Negative mood and slow to accept change






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The act of self - defining one's self through making good choices - decisions - exploring their values and their attitudes; increased responsibility means moving towards adulthood






18. 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






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






20. The ability to carry out mathematical operations






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






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






23. The ability to think three - dimensionally






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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