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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
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1. Drawing conclusions from specific examples to make a general conclusion - even when the conclusion is not accurate






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






3. Think about thinking occurs in the concrete operations period - a child;s awareness of knowing about one's own knowledge






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






10. 12-18 years old - Puberty - Growth spurts and concomitant clumsiness






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






20. Vygotsky believed _____ is an essential aspect of cultural development and that _____ growth and language are _____ based






21. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional

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






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






24. Condition of significantly sub - average intelligence combined with deficiencies in adaptive behavior; implies an inability to perform at least some of the ordinary tasks of daily living skills; IQ of 0-70 in categories of mild - moderate - severe -






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






26. 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 -






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






33. 7-11 years old - Many children grow about 2'/year






34. 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.






35. 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






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






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

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38. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






49. At about 18 months






50. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into