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CSET Subtest III: Human Development - 2

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






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






5. Occurs when children take existing schemes and adjust them to fit their experience piano/keyboard






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. 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






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






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






10. Allow them to work through whatever range of feelings they have






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






12. Birth defects - Premature birth - Low birth weight - Neurological disturbances - High startle rate - Learning disabilities - Slowed motor development






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Formulating a specific hypothesis from any given general theory - what might be






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






20. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






21. 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






22. Ages 4 to 10 in which children obey because they're parents tell them to and fear consequences - Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which rewards and punishments dominate moral thinking






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Alcohol - Nicotine - Drugs






31. Hard of Hearing. Appear lost or confused.






32. 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






33. Tag - chasing - wrestling






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






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






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






37. 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






38. WISC. IQ test designed for school - age children. Test assesses potential in many areas - including vocabulary - knowledge - memory - spatial comprehension






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






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






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






42. 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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43. Child readily separates from parent - Actively avoids parent upon reunion






44. 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






45. 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.






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






47. At about 18 months






48. 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






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






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