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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. 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






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






3. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






4. 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






5. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






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






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






8. 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






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


10. 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.






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






12. Child becomes upset when caregiver leaves - is upset during absence






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






14. 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






15. Infant shows - Insecurity - Signs of being disoriented






16. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






21. Children mentally connect specific experiences whether or not there is a logical casual relationship






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 1. Secure Attachment 2. Anxious - Resistant Attachment 3. Anxious - Avoidant Attachment 4. Disorganized - Disoriented Attachment






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Tag - chasing - wrestling






40. Based on what can be observed and learned through experience in the child's environment. Learning behavior theories: Ivan Pavlov's and John Watson's classical conditioning B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning. Social theories in understanding child de






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






42. 8 intelligences - intelligence and talent are two different things. Eight intelligences are linguistic - musical - logical - mathematical - spatial - bodily - kinesthetic - interpersonal - naturalistic - existential


43. 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






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






45. This is the ability of a child to arrange objects in logical progression






46. Ages 13 to adult in which morality is judged by abstract principles rather than existing rules that govern society and looking into oneself - Involves working out a personal code of ethics. Allows for the possibility of noncompliance with society's r






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






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






49. 1. Functional 2. Constructive 3. Pretend or Imaginative 4. Rough - and - Tumble 5. Games with Rules






50. 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