Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A child focuses only on the height of the liquid in a glass and ignores its width. Piaget called this:

1. AObject permanence
2. BCentration
3. CAnimism
4. DAccommodation

Parents who are warm and affectionate but set few rules or demands show which style?

1. AUninvolved
2. BPermissive
3. CAuthoritarian
4. DAuthoritative

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

1. ALev Vygotsky
2. BJohn Bowlby
3. CLawrence Kohlberg
4. DJean Piaget

Shown 7 roses and 3 tulips, a 5-year-old says there are more roses than flowers. Which ability is still lacking?

1. AClass inclusion
2. BObject permanence
3. CDeferred imitation
4. DTheory of mind

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-avoidant
2. BSecure
3. CInsecure-resistant
4. DDisorganised

Scaffolding refers to:

1. ASupport given to a learner that is reduced as competence grows
2. BLetting children discover everything alone
3. CBuilding one fixed curriculum that every child must follow in order
4. DPunishing errors so they are not repeated

Which finding challenges the idea that attachment forms only with the mother?

1. ABowlby found no effect of separation
2. BSchaffer and Emerson found many infants form multiple attachments, including to fathers
3. CHarlow's monkeys preferred wire mothers
4. DInfants only attach to the person who feeds them

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. BGet results as quickly as possible
3. CCompare different age groups at a single time point
4. DAvoid any participant drop-out