Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A newborn turns its head towards a touch on the cheek and opens its mouth. This is the:

1. AGrasping reflex
2. BMoro reflex
3. CRooting reflex
4. DBabinski reflex

Object permanence is the understanding that:

1. AObjects can be sorted by size
2. BOther people have different thoughts
3. CObjects continue to exist when they cannot be seen
4. DThe amount of liquid stays the same in a different glass

Egocentrism in Piaget's preoperational stage means children:

1. AAre selfish and refuse to share their toys with other children
2. BFind it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
3. COnly think about food
4. DPrefer to play alone

An 18-year-old becomes a dentist like her parents expected, without ever considering other options. In Marcia's model, her identity status is:

1. AForeclosure
2. BIdentity achievement
3. CMoratorium
4. DIdentity diffusion

Young infants in English-speaking homes can tell apart some Hindi speech sounds that English-speaking adults cannot, but most lose this ability by about the end of the first year. This is called:

1. AOverregularisation
2. BHabituation
3. CFast mapping
4. DPerceptual narrowing

Older adults often prefer spending time with a few close friends rather than meeting new people. Carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory explains this as:

1. AA gradual loss of social skills that tends to come with increasing age
2. BA decline in crystallised intelligence and memory
3. CFear of strangers that grows steadily in later life
4. DFocusing on emotionally meaningful goals as time feels shorter

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

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

Main's Adult Attachment Interview found that parents who describe their own childhood in a coherent, balanced way tend to have infants who:

1. AAre always insecure-avoidant
2. BShow no attachment at all
3. CDevelop formal operational thought earlier
4. DAre securely attached in the Strange Situation