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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
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1. 1. Child is physically injured by other than accidental means 2. child is subjected to willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment 3. child is abused or exploited sexually 4. child is neglected by a parent or caretaker who fails to provide adequate f






2. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






3. Most children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) show symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity - but there are some children who are inattentive and do not show signs of hyperactivity; these children have Attention Deficit Dis






4. Collective set of inborn traits help to construct a child's approach to the world






5. By understanding Piaget's stages of cognitive development - teachers can avoid presenting material in the classroom that is beyond the...


6. Sensorimotor - preoperational - concrete operations - formal operations


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






8. Secure attachment is fundamental to a child's ability to emotionally and biologically self - regulate






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






10. Good way to evaluate child's body fat is to review their...






11. Refers to the match between a child's temperament and environmental demands the child must deal with






12. 1. Teachers must recognize that children internalize what is right and wrong based upon their basic values and sense of self. 2. Teachers must recognize the sequential foundation upon which higher moral principles are based. 3. Teachers must recogniz






13. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






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






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






16. Type of play begins during infancy with sensorimotor movements manipulating objects on order to receive pleasure






17. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






18. Drawing conclusions from specific examples to make a general conclusion - even when the conclusion is not accurate






19. At about 18 months






20. Temporary support system to support child until task can be mastered alone






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






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






23. Child uses caregiver as secure base from which to explore environment - example - Child freely separates from parent to play






24. Through repetition (and based upon the child's experience) - learning is predictable - Teachers can help children be successful by making their world more orderly and predictable - Teachers will recognize that a child's learned experiences can accou






25. Poor hygiene - E.g. - soiled clothes - dirty hair - body odor - Poor nutrition - E.g. - excessive hunger - weight loss






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






27. 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






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






29. Belief in the ability to do things on one's own






30. The infant readily separates from the caregiver and actively avoids the parent upon return






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






32. ndustry vs. Inferiority (6 years - puberty) - Mastering knowledge and intellectual skills - enthusiastic about learning - imagination - Inferiority if feelings of incompetence and unproductiveness arise. If inferiority out weights industry - low self






33. Match between a child's temperament and environment or demands on child - Ex: quiet child in boisterous family - Ex: active child in scholarly family >






34. Early childhood - 2 to 7 years - Egocentric focus on symbolic thought and imagination - This stage lasts from about two to seven years of age. During this stage - children get better at symbolic thought - but they can't yet reason. According to Piage






35. Be consistent and write down predictable outlines - schedules - and deadlines - Demonstrate and model appropriate behavior - giving positive reinforcement - Talk slowly - making eye contact when possible - and keep conversations brief - Keep peripher






36. Using objects to make something - Combines sensorimotor movements and creation/construction of something - Toddlers & preschoolers






37. Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt (1-3yrs) - virtue - Will - Central issue: Can I act on my own? toddler learns how to explore - experiment - make mistakes and test limits to gain self independence of self reliance -






38. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






39. 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






40. Children are not equipped: physically - emotionally - socially - compared to adult caregivers






41. Varies greatly depending upon these factors: 1. The child 2. The experience 3. Its frequency 4. What is done about it


42. 1. Provides an alternative to behavior theorists' belief that children are merely passive learners. Children actively move through operational stages.


43. The distance between a child's actual performance and a child's potential performance






44. Identity vs. Identity Confusion (10-20 years - adolescence) - Finding out who they are - what they are all about - where they are going in life. - Confronted with new roles and adult statuses (vocational and romantic) - Identity confusion occurs when






45. Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience - solve problems - and use knowledge to adapt to new situations Traditional IQ - Gardners's Multiple Intelligence and Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence.






46. Estimates indicate ___% of children in US follow all the dietary guidelines.






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






48. The 4th of Piaget's periods: beginning from 11 years. Form of intelligence in which higher level mental operations make possible logical reasoning with respect to abstract and hypothetical events and not merely concrete objects. Hypothetical Deductiv






49. Age - inappropriate sexual behavior or knowledge - Difficulty walking or sitting - Sudden onset of wetting or inflicted self - harm






50. Tag - chase - wrestling - Begins about the end of early childhood - Most popular during middle childhood