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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Occurs when children take existing schemes and adjust them to fit their experience piano/keyboard






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Mood - generally - Environment - Activity - Threshold for reacting to stimulation






14. 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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Child uses caregiver as secure base from which to explore environment - example - Child freely separates from parent to play






20. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional


21. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






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






23. 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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






27. A conceptual tool that allows a child to recognize that when altering the appearance of an object the basic properties do not change






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


29. 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






30. A collective set of inborn traits that help to construct a child's approach to the world






31. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to make something






32. Children learn from operating in the environment






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






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






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


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






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


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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Modern descendent of the first successful intelligence test that measures general intelligence and four factors verbal reasoning - quantitative reasoning - spatial reasoning - and short - term memory.






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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