Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A toddler says "Daddy go car" and "want milk". This stage of language is called:

  1. ACooing
  2. BOverregularisation
  3. CBabbling
  4. DTelegraphic speech
2.Easy

Conservation is the understanding that:

  1. AOther people have beliefs
  2. BQuantity stays the same when its appearance changes
  3. CRules of a game can be changed if all the players agree
  4. DObjects exist when out of sight
3.Easy

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

  1. AIntegrity versus despair
  2. BIdentity versus role confusion
  3. CIntimacy versus isolation
  4. DTrust versus mistrust
4.Medium

A girl pays close attention to information about "girls' toys" and quickly forgets details about "boys' toys". Which theory best explains this?

  1. APsychoanalytic theory
  2. BAttachment theory
  3. CEcological systems theory
  4. DGender schema theory
5.Medium

Asked about the Heinz dilemma, a teenager says "Heinz should steal the drug because a good husband would do that for his wife". This reasoning is at Kohlberg's:

  1. APost-conventional level
  2. BPre-conventional level
  3. CSensorimotor level
  4. DConventional level
6.Medium

Kagan described some toddlers who are consistently shy, cautious and quiet with unfamiliar people and situations. This temperament is called:

  1. ALearned helplessness
  2. BIdentity diffusion
  3. CDisorganised attachment
  4. DBehavioural inhibition
7.Hard

A child is shown a Smarties tube, guesses it contains sweets, and finds pencils. Asked what a friend who has not looked will think is inside, a typical 3-year-old says "pencils". This shows:

  1. ADifficulty understanding false beliefs
  2. BAn advanced theory of mind
  3. CA lack of object permanence
  4. DA failure to conserve quantity
8.Hard

Van IJzendoorn and Kroonenberg's meta-analysis of Strange Situation studies in many countries found that:

  1. AAvoidant attachment was the most common type in nearly every country studied
  2. BAttachment type proportions were the same in every country studied
  3. CSecure was most common everywhere; variation within countries was larger
  4. DSecure attachment was common only in Western, individualist countries

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Telegraphic speech
  2. 2. B · Quantity stays the same when its appearance changes
  3. 3. B · Identity versus role confusion
  4. 4. D · Gender schema theory
  5. 5. D · Conventional level
  6. 6. D · Behavioural inhibition
  7. 7. A · Difficulty understanding false beliefs
  8. 8. C · Secure was most common everywhere; variation within countries was larger

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