Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

1. AJohn Bowlby
2. BLawrence Kohlberg
3. CLev Vygotsky
4. DJean Piaget

A child says "I goed to the park" and "two mouses". This error is called:

1. ATelegraphic speech
2. BBabbling
3. COverregularisation
4. DUnderextension

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. AAccommodation
2. BConservation
3. CEgocentrism
4. DAssimilation

Asked about the Heinz dilemma, a teenager says "Heinz should steal the drug because a good husband would do that for his wife". This reasoning is at Kohlberg's:

1. ASensorimotor level
2. BPre-conventional level
3. CPost-conventional level
4. DConventional level

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

1. ALearned helplessness
2. BBehavioural inhibition
3. CDisorganised attachment
4. DIdentity diffusion

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. BTelegraphic speech
3. CFast mapping
4. DOverextension

In Hughes' "policeman doll" study, most children aged 3½–5 could hide a boy doll where two policemen could not see him. How does this relate to Piaget's three mountains task?

1. AIt shows that conservation develops before age 3
2. BIt shows that children cannot take any other person's viewpoint before about age 7
3. CIt suggests young children are less egocentric when the task makes sense to them
4. DIt confirms that young children are fully egocentric

The concept of "internal working model" in attachment theory refers to:

1. AA plan made by parents for their child's education
2. BA mental representation of relationships based on early attachment experiences
3. CThe infant's memory for faces only
4. DA computer model of child development