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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. ____ theorists agree that ____ activities serve a valuable function in the development of important ____ and ____ skills in children.






2. Children who don't fall into an easy/difficult/cautious category have...






3. 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






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


5. 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






6. Hard of Hearing. Appear lost or confused.






7. Vygotsky - Every function in a child's cultural development appears twice -- when?






8. Formulating a specific hypothesis from any given general theory - what might be






9. 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






10. Child readily separates from parent - Actively avoids parent upon reunion






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






12. Young children cannot differentiate between their own perspectives and feelings and someone elses






13. 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






14. The temporary support system from a teacher or older peer to support the child until the task can be mastered alone






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






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






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






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






19. Trust vs. Mistrust - infancy to 1st year - Physical comfort - minimal fear and low apprehension about the future. Sets stage for life long expectation that world is good. The absence of trust can result in eaving the infant feeeling suspicious - guar






20. 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






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






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






23. Children believe that their thoughts can cause actions whether or not the experiences have a casual relationship - when I move the clouds move - god moves - sun moves - wind currents move






24. Piaget suggested that a child's mind seeks a ________________. At each stage - children form a new way to operate and adapt to the world.






25. Bruises - Sores - Burns & Child's vague or reluctant response about where they originated






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






27. WISC. IQ test designed for school - age children. Test assesses potential in many areas - including vocabulary - knowledge - memory - spatial comprehension






28. By 10-12 girls/boys same height/weight - Vast differences gross fine motor skills - Boys' leg/arm muscle coordination stronger - Run faster; jump - catch - throw - kick farther - Girls: stronger fine motor skills - More coordinated hand - manipulatio






29. 8 intelligences - intelligence and talent are two different things. Eight intelligences are linguistic - musical - logical - mathematical - spatial - bodily - kinesthetic - interpersonal - naturalistic - existential


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






31. 1. release physical energy 2. gain mastery over their bodies 3. acquire new motor skills 4. form better relationships among peers 5. try out new social rules 6. advance cognitive development 7. practice and explore new competencies






32. While 1 or 2 symptoms do not necessarily mean a child is abused - some common signs are...






33. 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.






34. 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






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






36. Developed with Physical structures to produce sounds - cognitive structures to produce thought process - and social structures to experience language through learning and practicing.






37. The infant becomes anxious before the caregiver leaves and is upset during their absence






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Children imitate behavior through: socialization - by learning gender roles - by self - reinforcement - by self - efficacy - and - via other aspects of personality


44. Language development; disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition - stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language - humans have an inborn native ability to develop language






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






46. Initiative vs. Guilt (3-5 years - preschool years) - - As challenges occur - initiative is needed for purposeful behavior - responsibility for body - behavior - toys - pets - etc...The child may feel like anything he does may dissappoint people aroun






47. Formation of: body parts - major organs






48. Play is critical to _____ advancement in children






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






50. The infant uses the caregiver as the secure base to explore the environment