Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Gibson and Walk's "visual cliff" was designed to study infants':

1. ADepth perception
2. BAttachment style
3. CColour vision
4. DLanguage comprehension

Which researcher used the "Strange Situation" to classify attachment types?

1. AHarry Harlow
2. BMary Ainsworth
3. CErik Erikson
4. DLev Vygotsky

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

1. AAnimism
2. BAccommodation
3. CCentration
4. DObject permanence

A parent sets strict rules, expects obedience without discussion and says "Because I said so". This style is:

1. AAuthoritative
2. BAuthoritarian
3. CUninvolved
4. DPermissive

An 18-year-old becomes a dentist like her parents expected, without ever considering other options. In Marcia's model, her identity status is:

1. AMoratorium
2. BIdentity diffusion
3. CIdentity achievement
4. DForeclosure

Older adults often prefer spending time with a few close friends rather than meeting new people. Carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory explains this as:

1. AA gradual loss of social skills that tends to come with increasing age
2. BA decline in crystallised intelligence and memory
3. CFear of strangers that grows steadily in later life
4. DFocusing on emotionally meaningful goals as time feels shorter

Adults rarely remember events from before the age of about 3. Which explanation is commonly given for this infantile amnesia?

1. AImmature brain systems and limited language and self-concept at encoding
2. BYoung children experience no events worth remembering
3. CMemories from infancy are all repressed because they are deeply traumatic
4. DInfants have no ability to learn

Which of these is a key criticism of Kohlberg's theory of moral development?

1. AIt was tested only on animals
2. BIt claimed moral development ends at age 5
3. CIt ignored moral reasoning completely
4. DIt was based mainly on male participants and emphasised justice over care