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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
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1. Estimates indicate ___% of children in US follow all the dietary guidelines.






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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






5. Infant shows - Insecurity - Signs of being disoriented






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






7. 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






8. 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.






9. Miscarriage - Low birth weight - Poor respiratory functioning






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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






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






29. Much of what we know about how children think feel and respond to the world come from him. His theory states that children predictable and orderly stages of cognitive development and at each stage they form a new way to operate and adapt to the world

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






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






32. Educational Implications of Language Development: Teachers must be aware that the process of language development is multifaceted - including...






33. 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






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






35. 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






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

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37. 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






38. Girls more fatty tissue than boys - Boys more muscle tissue - Height/weight about same - just distributed differently - Boys might tend to be slightly taller/heavier






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






40. 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






41. 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 -






42. 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






43. 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.






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

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






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






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






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






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






50. Allow the student to sit behind others so that the student won't disturb others - and teach the student to tap his pencil on a sleeve or leg instead of the table