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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. 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






2. 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






3. Miscarriage - Low birth weight - Poor respiratory functioning






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






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






6. 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






7. The infant shows insecurity and signs of being disoriented






8. Age - inappropriate sexual behavior or knowledge - Difficulty walking or sitting - Sudden onset of wetting or inflicted self - harm






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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 -






13. The distance between a child's actual performance and a child's potential performance






14. Secure attachment is fundamental to a child's ability to emotionally and biologically self - regulate






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






16. Boys/girls about same weight/height - Girls growing only slightly slower than boys






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 8 intelligences - intelligence and talent are two different things. Eight intelligences are linguistic - musical - logical - mathematical - spatial - bodily - kinesthetic - interpersonal - naturalistic - existential


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






26. Remember Zone of Proximal Development - what can they do on their own - what can they do with help






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






31. 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






32. Sensorimotor movements manipulating objects in order to receive pleasure - Begins during infancy - Involves repetition of behavior/muscle movement - Can be engaged in throughout life






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






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






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






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






37. Tag - chase - wrestling - Begins about the end of early childhood - Most popular during middle childhood






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






45. Altering the environment or situation to produce a more favorable outcome






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






47. Toddlers and preschoolers use objects to make something






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






49. 7-11 years old - Many children grow about 2'/year






50. 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.