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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Lack of parenting skills - Economic stressors - Lack of education - Repetition of generational family abuse






2. 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






3. 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






4. Environmental agents that can cause abnormalities in a fetus - Prevent or modify normal cell division - Danger - thus - greatest during embryonic stage (2-8 weeks)






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Children transform symbols into make believe play also pretending






19. 8 intelligences - intelligence and talent are two different things. Eight intelligences are linguistic - musical - logical - mathematical - spatial - bodily - kinesthetic - interpersonal - naturalistic - existential

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20. 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






21. 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






22. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Most children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) show symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity - but there are some children who are inattentive and do not show signs of hyperactivity; these children have Attention Deficit Dis






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Formation of: body parts - major organs






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






35. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






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






44. 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 -






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






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






47. 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






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

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49. 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






50. Children make errors in their thinking because they cannot understand that an operation moves in more than one direction