Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Which researcher used the "Strange Situation" to classify attachment types?

1. ALev Vygotsky
2. BErik Erikson
3. CHarry Harlow
4. DMary Ainsworth

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

1. ALawrence Kohlberg
2. BJean Piaget
3. CLev Vygotsky
4. DJohn Bowlby

Knowledge and vocabulary built up over a lifetime, which tend to stay stable or grow with age, are called:

1. AEmotional intelligence
2. BCrystallised intelligence
3. CFluid intelligence
4. DProcessing speed

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

1. APunishment of a model always reduces children's aggression
2. BAggression is purely genetic
3. CChildren learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
4. DChildren only imitate other children

Children get better at ignoring distractions and switching between tasks through childhood and adolescence. This improvement in executive function is linked mainly to maturation of the:

1. AOccipital lobe
2. BPrefrontal cortex
3. CBrainstem
4. DCerebellum

A researcher tests 5-, 10- and 15-year-olds now and then retests the same groups every two years. This design is called:

1. ACase study
2. BCross-sectional
3. CLongitudinal only
4. DCross-sequential

For a trait, identical twins correlate 0.8 and fraternal twins correlate 0.5. Using Falconer's formula, the rough heritability estimate is:

1. A0.3
2. B0.8
3. C0.4
4. D0.6

On a visual cliff set to a moderate drop, most infants crossed when their mother smiled but few crossed when she showed fear. This shows:

1. ASocial referencing: using a caregiver's emotion to guide behaviour
2. BThat infants cannot perceive depth
3. CThat infants ignore their caregivers' facial expressions in new situations
4. DImprinting on the mother's face