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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. Infant shows - Insecurity - Signs of being disoriented






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






3. Young children cannot differentiate between their own perspectives and feelings and someone elses






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






5. The 4th of Piaget's periods: beginning from 11 years. Form of intelligence in which higher level mental operations make possible logical reasoning with respect to abstract and hypothetical events and not merely concrete objects. Hypothetical Deductiv






6. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Considerable interest in - Struggle with eating disorders possible






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Children transform symbols into make believe play also pretending






21. Much of what we know about how children think feel and respond to the world come from him. His theory states that children predictable and orderly stages of cognitive development and at each stage they form a new way to operate and adapt to the world


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






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


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






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






26. 8 intelligences - intelligence and talent are two different things. Eight intelligences are linguistic - musical - logical - mathematical - spatial - bodily - kinesthetic - interpersonal - naturalistic - existential


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






28. 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






29. Tag - chasing - wrestling






30. Mental structure in which childrens knowledge is ordered into






31. 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






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. Children mentally connect specific experiences whether or not there is a logical casual relationship






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






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






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






37. Children learn from operating in the environment






38. 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.






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


40. 12-18 years old - Puberty - Growth spurts and concomitant clumsiness






41. 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






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






43. Formation of: body parts - major organs






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






45. 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 -






46. Children in the US consume excess ____ and ____.






47. While 1 or 2 symptoms do not necessarily mean a child is abused - some common signs are...






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






49. The infant becomes anxious before the caregiver leaves and is upset during their absence






50. 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