Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A child who called every four-legged animal "dog" learns that cats are different and forms a new category. In Piaget's terms, this is:

1. AEgocentrism
2. BAccommodation
3. CConservation
4. DAssimilation

Two toddlers play with blocks side by side but do not interact with each other. Parten called this:

1. AParallel play
2. BCooperative play
3. CAssociative play
4. DSolitary play

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

1. ALawrence Kohlberg
2. BJohn Bowlby
3. CLev Vygotsky
4. DJean Piaget

A 3-year-old hears a new word once, "This is the chromium tray", and later picks out the correct tray. This is called:

1. ABabbling
2. BFast mapping
3. CTelegraphic speech
4. DOverextension

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

1. ADisorganised attachment
2. BLearned helplessness
3. CIdentity diffusion
4. DBehavioural inhibition

An infant in the Strange Situation approaches the parent with the head turned away, then freezes. Contradictory behaviour like this indicates which attachment type?

1. AInsecure-resistant
2. BInsecure-avoidant
3. CDisorganised
4. DSecure

A longitudinal design is preferred over a cross-sectional design when a researcher wants to:

1. ATrack how the same individuals change over time
2. BCompare different age groups at a single time point
3. CAvoid any participant drop-out
4. DGet results as quickly as possible

Which finding is a major criticism of Piaget's formal operational stage?

1. AFormal operations usually appear before concrete operations
2. BMost children reach formal operations by about age 5
3. CMany adults do not reason formally, and it depends on schooling
4. DAdolescents cannot think abstractly at all, even with specific training