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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Refers to the match between a child's temperament and environmental demands the child must deal with






2. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning through the salvation of dogs on the ringing of a bell.






3. Environmental agents that can cause abnormalities in a fetus - Prevent or modify normal cell division - Danger - thus - greatest during embryonic stage (2-8 weeks)






4. 12: girls taller/boys weigh more - 13/14: boys taller & weigh more - 18: boys 4' taller 20 lbs heavier - Acceleration large motor physical strength in boys - Clumsy initially -- fast growth arms/legs - Quickly acquire ease of movement






5. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






6. A learning disability characterized by substandard reading achievement due to the inability of the brain to process symbols; also known as a developmental reading disorder. Skip or reverse words. Confuses left and right reading.






7. 1. Use of mediators for learning - A connection/intermediary between the child and that which is to be learned - E.g. - an adult or older child 2. Emphasis of language and shared activity for learning 3. Shared activity






8. 7-11 years old - Many children grow about 2'/year






9. According to the Individuals with disabilities Act or IDEA all children with disabilities are guaranteed a free - appropriate publec education.






10. Birth to 2 years old - Grow faster in this period than any other






11. Often during elementary school - Have rules - are competitive - pleasurable - Preschool games more about taking turns - Replace around age 12 by practice play and organized sports - Can be engaged in throughout life






12. Lack of parenting skills - Economic stressors - Lack of education - Repetition of generational family abuse






13. Mental retardation via FAS - FAS: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Low birth weight - Unusual facial characteristics






14. Piaget quantified the __________________ - suggesting that there are predictable and orderly developmental accomplishments. Children can be tested at each stage to verify their level of cognitive understanding.






15. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence






16. Mood - generally - Environment - Activity - Threshold for reacting to stimulation






17. Home environment influences much of a child's _____. Diets of minority families and socioeconomically deprived children are especially ____.






18. Middle childhood - 7 to 11 years - mastery of conservation the child begins to think logically - (7-11 yrs) Children understand conservation - less egocentrism - understand hierarchal classification - can focus on multiple aspects at a time. Children






19. A successful childhood counseling treatment b/c it allows children to feel less threatened while working out conflicts and expressing their unresolved feelings






20. Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Law - ______________ are mandated reporters of child abuse






21. Stresses importance of advancing learning via observing & modeling the: behaviors - attitudes - emotional reactions of others


22. Boys/girls about same weight/height - Girls growing only slightly slower than boys






23. Strongly improves child's problem - solving abilities - E.g. reading buddies






24. Mother's age - Birth complications for younger & older mothers - Mother's nutrition






25. 8 intelligences - intelligence and talent are two different things. Eight intelligences are linguistic - musical - logical - mathematical - spatial - bodily - kinesthetic - interpersonal - naturalistic - existential


26. The child uses words and images to form mental representations to remember objects without being physically present






27. Allow them to work through whatever range of feelings they have






28. Transformations in a child's thought - language - and intelligence. Theories: 1. Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development 2. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development 3. Multi - theoretical perspectives of language - intelligence - and children with spe






29. A collective set of inborn traits that help to construct a child's approach to the world






30. Infancy - Birth to 2 years - infants physical response to the immediate surroundings - Infants learn of their environments through sensation and movement. Egocentrism - infants are the center of their universe.






31. Transformation of symbols into make - believe play - Pretending helps to build a child's imagination - Imagination boundless at this time - Preschool years






32. The tendency of the child to focus on only one piece of information at a time while disregarding all others






33. 1. Teachers can use behavior modification in the classroom as a learning tool (altering the environment or situation to produce a more favorable outcome) 2. Teachers can reinforce positive behavior to produce subsequent desirable behaviors (e.g. - po






34. Involves a given set of rules and declines around age 12 usually replaced with organized sports






35. Infant shows - Insecurity - Signs of being disoriented






36. Refers to children believing that non - living objects have lifelike qualities






37. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional


38. Children with a perceptual - motor disability have difficult with coordination and may often appear clumsy or disoriented - Sometimes their hands are in constant motion and may get in the way of their activity






39. Development is motivated by the search for a stable balance toward effective adaptations






40. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






41. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






42. Children make errors in their thinking because they cannot understand that an operation moves in more than one direction






43. Sensorimotor movements manipulating objects in order to receive pleasure - Begins during infancy - Involves repetition of behavior/muscle movement - Can be engaged in throughout life






44. Children respond automatically since they have formed an association between a stimulus and the response






45. Altering the environment or situation to produce a more favorable outcome






46. Difficulty paying attention - Easily distracted - Show hyperactivity - Become frustrated easily - Difficulty controlling muscle or motor activity (constantly moving) - Difficulty staying on task - succumbing to whatever attracts their attention - Sho






47. At about 18 months






48. Temperament traits are _____ in development of _____ and way a child shows _____ responses.






49. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






50. Ages 10 -13 in which children are more concerned about the opinions of their peers. Second level of Kohlberg's stages of moral development in which the child's behavior is governed by conforming to the society's norms of behavior