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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. 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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Improves physical strength & coordination - If successful then self - esteem can be highly boosted via approval of peers






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






8. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional

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9. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






10. 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






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






12. Children transform symbols into make believe play also pretending






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






14. 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.






15. Sensorimotor - preoperational - concrete operations - formal operations

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16. 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






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






18. Play is critical to _____ advancement in children






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Miscarriage - Low birth weight - Poor respiratory functioning






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






27. 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






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






29. 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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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. 2 most common feelings a child presents surrounding abuse






32. Children learn from operating in the environment






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






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






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






41. Play is a social activity children engage in just for...






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






43. Recognition that objects and events continue to exist even when they are not visible






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. Children actively construct their knowledge through society






49. 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






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