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






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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. Formation of: body parts - major organs






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

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7. Altering the environment or situation to produce a more favorable outcome






8. By understanding Piaget's stages of cognitive development - teachers can avoid presenting material in the classroom that is beyond the...

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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Tag - chasing - wrestling






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Involves a given set of rules and declines around age 12 usually replaced with organized sports






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






20. The tendency of the child to focus on only one piece of information at a time while disregarding all others






21. 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






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






24. Children make errors in their thinking because they cannot understand that an operation moves in more than one direction






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






26. 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.






27. 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

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






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






30. 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






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






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






34. 1. Child is physically injured by other than accidental means 2. child is subjected to willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment 3. child is abused or exploited sexually 4. child is neglected by a parent or caretaker who fails to provide adequate f






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. Strongly improves child's problem - solving abilities - E.g. reading buddies






43. Infant shows - Insecurity - Signs of being disoriented






44. 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






45. 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






46. Piaget suggested that a child's mind seeks a ________________. At each stage - children form a new way to operate and adapt to the world.






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






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






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






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