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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. 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






2. 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






3. 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.






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. Preconventional - conventional - postconventional

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17. 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






18. Temporary support system to support child until task can be mastered alone






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






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






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

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22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. The infant readily separates from the caregiver and actively avoids the parent upon return






40. 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






41. Stresses importance of advancing learning via observing & modeling the: behaviors - attitudes - emotional reactions of others

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






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






44. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






50. An internalized set of rules influencing the feelings - thoughts and behavior of an individual in deciding what is right and wrong.