Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Conservation is the understanding that:

1. AObjects exist when out of sight
2. BQuantity stays the same when its appearance changes
3. COther people have beliefs
4. DRules of a game can be changed if all the players agree

A newborn turns its head towards a touch on the cheek and opens its mouth. This is the:

1. AGrasping reflex
2. BRooting reflex
3. CBabinski reflex
4. DMoro reflex

A child understands that she will stay a girl even if she cuts her hair short or plays football. Kohlberg called this:

1. AGender schema
2. BGender typing
3. CGender role
4. DGender constancy

Which concept refers to a period when a child is especially sensitive to certain experiences?

1. AHabituation
2. BObject permanence
3. CCritical (sensitive) period
4. DAccommodation

Which statement about the formal operational stage is correct?

1. AChildren cannot yet use symbols
2. BAdolescents can reason about abstract and hypothetical problems
3. CThinking is limited to concrete objects that are physically in front of them
4. DChildren first develop object permanence

Bowlby's "44 thieves" study linked early prolonged separation from the mother to:

1. AAffectionless psychopathy
2. BEarly language development
3. CAdvanced moral reasoning
4. DHigher intelligence scores

A longitudinal design is preferred over a cross-sectional design when a researcher wants to:

1. AAvoid any participant drop-out
2. BTrack how the same individuals change over time
3. CCompare different age groups at a single time point
4. DGet results as quickly as possible

Harlow's monkeys raised in isolation with only surrogate mothers later showed which outcome?

1. ABetter problem solving than monkeys that had been reared by real mothers
2. BCompletely normal adult social behaviour
3. CStrong attachment to the wire mother as adults
4. DAbnormal social behaviour and difficulty caring for their own young