Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Konrad Lorenz found that goslings followed the first moving object they saw after hatching. This is called:

  1. AHabituation
  2. BAssimilation
  3. CImprinting
  4. DScaffolding
2.Easy

A baby throws its arms outwards and then pulls them in after a sudden loud noise. This is the:

  1. ARooting reflex
  2. BStepping reflex
  3. CMoro reflex
  4. DSucking reflex
3.Easy

Understanding that an action can be mentally undone, such as pouring water back into the first glass, is called:

  1. AAnimism
  2. BReversibility
  3. CCentration
  4. DEgocentrism
4.Medium

Habituation in infant research is used to show that babies:

  1. ACan tell two stimuli apart because interest returns when the stimulus changes
  2. BAre born with full adult vision
  3. CPrefer their own reflection
  4. DBecome drowsy and sleep more when the same stimulus is presented over and over again
5.Medium

In Kohlberg's theory, a person who judges right and wrong mainly by avoiding punishment is at which level?

  1. APre-conventional
  2. BPost-conventional
  3. CConventional
  4. DFormal operational
6.Medium

In the Strange Situation, an infant shows little distress when the mother leaves and ignores or turns away from her when she returns. This infant is classed as:

  1. AInsecure-resistant
  2. BDisorganised
  3. CSecurely attached
  4. DInsecure-avoidant
7.Hard

Ainsworth's sensitivity hypothesis proposes that secure attachment results mainly from:

  1. AThe caregiver responding promptly and appropriately to the infant's signals
  2. BThe infant's genetic temperament only
  3. CThe amount of time the infant spends with any adult
  4. DStrict feeding schedules
8.Hard

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

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

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Imprinting
  2. 2. C · Moro reflex
  3. 3. B · Reversibility
  4. 4. A · Can tell two stimuli apart because interest returns when the stimulus changes
  5. 5. A · Pre-conventional
  6. 6. D · Insecure-avoidant
  7. 7. A · The caregiver responding promptly and appropriately to the infant's signals
  8. 8. A · 0.6

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