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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

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. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






2. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Come from both heredity and environment. Many typical changes during childhood are related to maturation. Individual differences tend to increase with age






11. Ages 4 to 10 in which children obey because they're parents tell them to and fear consequences - Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which rewards and punishments dominate moral thinking






12. Recognition that objects and events continue to exist even when they are not visible






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






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






15. 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






16. 2-6 years old - Much of baby fat disappears as arms/legs grow longer - Pot belly disappears - internal organs no longer growing faster than body cavity - Decrease in weight is attributed to - walking - fatty tissues start growing at slower rate






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






18. Easy (flexible) - Difficult (active or feisty) - Slow- to - warm - up (cautious)






19. Pioneer of operant conditioning who believed that everything we do is determined by our past history of rewards and punishments. he is famous for use of his operant conditioning aparatus which he used to study schedules of reinforcement on pidgeons a






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






21. Birth defects - Premature birth - Low birth weight - Neurological disturbances - High startle rate - Learning disabilities - Slowed motor development






22. Play is critical to _____ advancement in children






23. The way children incorporate new information with existing schemes in order to form a new cognitive structure - fitting the new knowledge into a template of existing schemes






24. 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






25. An internalized set of rules influencing the feelings - thoughts and behavior of an individual in deciding what is right and wrong.






26. The ability to draw conclusions about a relationship between two objects by knowing the relationship to a third object






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. Children observe adult repeatedly punching & knocking down inflated doll - Later - children imitated aggressive behavior in classroom






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






37. 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






38. At about 18 months






39. Sensorimotor - preoperational - concrete operations - formal operations

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






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

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42. Formation of: body parts - major organs






43. A study found that children could be described with 9 characteristics they then grouped into 3






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 1. Physical Abuse 2. Physical Neglect 3. Sexual Abuse 4. Emotional Maltreatment