Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. ASolitary play
  2. BParallel play
  3. CAssociative play
  4. DCooperative play
2.Easy

In Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, a child's family, school and friends belong to the:

  1. AExosystem
  2. BMacrosystem
  3. CMesosystem
  4. DMicrosystem
3.Easy

A preoperational child says the sun is following her because it wants to play. This is an example of:

  1. AReversibility
  2. BAnimism
  3. CConservation
  4. DSeriation
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. BPrefer their own reflection
  3. CBecome drowsy and sleep more when the same stimulus is presented over and over again
  4. DAre born with full adult vision
5.Medium

A 5-year-old says a boy who broke 15 cups by accident is naughtier than a boy who broke 1 cup while stealing jam. Piaget called this:

  1. AHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
  2. BAutonomous morality (moral relativism)
  3. CFormal operational moral thought
  4. DPost-conventional moral reasoning
6.Medium

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

  1. AConservation
  2. BSeriation
  3. CAccommodation
  4. DAnimism
7.Hard

In an adoption study, adopted children's IQ scores correlate more with their biological parents' scores than with their adoptive parents' scores. This suggests:

  1. AThat the family environment has no effect at all on IQ
  2. BGenetic influence on individual differences in IQ
  3. CThat IQ is fixed at birth
  4. DThat adoptive parents give poor care
8.Hard

Baron-Cohen, Leslie and Frith gave the Sally–Anne task to autistic children, children with Down syndrome and typical children. Most autistic children failed, while most children with Down syndrome passed. Why was the Down syndrome group important?

  1. AIt showed that all three groups have exactly the same theory of mind
  2. BIt showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age
  3. CIt showed autistic children have poor eyesight
  4. DIt showed the task is too hard for anyone under 10

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Parallel play
  2. 2. D · Microsystem
  3. 3. B · Animism
  4. 4. A · Can tell two stimuli apart because interest returns when the stimulus changes
  5. 5. A · Heteronomous morality (moral realism)
  6. 6. B · Seriation
  7. 7. B · Genetic influence on individual differences in IQ
  8. 8. B · It showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age

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