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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

Subjects : cset, teaching
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1. 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






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






3. Lack of parenting skills - Economic stressors - Lack of education - Repetition of generational family abuse






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






13. Children learn from operating in the environment






14. Infancy - Birth to 2 years - infants physical response to the immediate surroundings - Infants learn of their environments through sensation and movement. Egocentrism - infants are the center of their universe.






15. Refers to the match between a child's temperament and environmental demands the child must deal with






16. 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 -






17. Piaget quantified the __________________ - suggesting that there are predictable and orderly developmental accomplishments. Children can be tested at each stage to verify their level of cognitive understanding.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






29. Personality develops through a series of conflicts that are influenced by society. Eight Stages of age specific crisis we pass through in order to create an equilibrium between our self and society. Turning Points.

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30. 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






31. 7-11 years old - Many children grow about 2'/year






32. Children transform symbols into make believe play also pretending






33. Using objects to make something - Combines sensorimotor movements and creation/construction of something - Toddlers & preschoolers






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






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






36. Good way to evaluate child's body fat is to review their...






37. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






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






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






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






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

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42. Sensorimotor - preoperational - concrete operations - formal operations

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43. 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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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






50. 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.