Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

1. AJohn Bowlby
2. BJean Piaget
3. CLev Vygotsky
4. DLawrence Kohlberg

A teratogen is:

1. AA gene that controls the timing of puberty in teens
2. BAn outside agent that can harm prenatal development
3. CA hormone released by the placenta to start labour
4. DA reflex that is present in newborn babies only

Which period of prenatal development comes first?

1. AGerminal
2. BFetal
3. CEmbryonic
4. DNeonatal

A 9-year-old can arrange sticks from shortest to longest quickly and without errors. This ability is called:

1. AAccommodation
2. BConservation
3. CAnimism
4. DSeriation

Which feature is typical of infant-directed speech ("parentese")?

1. AFast speech with very few pauses
2. BHigher pitch and exaggerated intonation
3. CA flat, quiet and monotonous tone
4. DLong sentences with complex grammar

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. APerceptual narrowing
2. BFast mapping
3. CHabituation
4. DOverregularisation

Cross-sectional studies suggested large declines in intelligence after middle age, but Schaie's longitudinal data showed smaller declines. A main reason for the difference is:

1. ACohort effects, such as differences in education between generations
2. BCross-sectional studies follow the same people over a long period of time
3. CLongitudinal studies always use younger samples
4. DIntelligence tests do not work with older adults

Hodges and Tizard followed children raised in institutions until after age 2, some later adopted and some returned to their birth families. At age 16, a common finding across both groups was:

1. ADifficulties in peer relationships
2. BComplete failure to form any family attachments
3. CExceptionally high academic achievement
4. DNo differences at all from family-reared children