Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Parents who show little warmth and make few demands, and are largely disengaged from their child, show which style?

  1. AAuthoritarian (strict)
  2. BAuthoritative
  3. CPermissive (indulgent)
  4. DUninvolved (neglectful)
2.Easy

A teenager feels that everyone at school will notice a small spot on her face. Elkind called this belief the:

  1. AMoral realism
  2. BIdentity crisis
  3. CPersonal fable
  4. DImaginary audience
3.Easy

Harlow's monkey experiments showed that infant monkeys preferred:

  1. AA wire mother with food over a cloth mother without any food
  2. BOther infant monkeys only
  3. CA soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
  4. DBeing alone to having any mother
4.Medium

A study finds that the heritability of height in a population is about 0.8. What does this mean?

  1. A80% of each person's own height is caused by their genes
  2. B80% of people in that group inherit height from their mother
  3. C80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes
  4. DHeight in that group cannot be changed by the environment
5.Medium

A girl pays close attention to information about "girls' toys" and quickly forgets details about "boys' toys". Which theory best explains this?

  1. AEcological systems theory
  2. BGender schema theory
  3. CPsychoanalytic theory
  4. DAttachment theory
6.Medium

Which feature is typical of infant-directed speech ("parentese")?

  1. AFast speech with very few pauses
  2. BHigher pitch and exaggerated intonation
  3. CA flat, quiet and monotonous tone
  4. DLong sentences with complex grammar
7.Hard

Samuel and Bryant asked children about conservation only once, after the transformation, instead of before and after. Their results showed that:

  1. ANo child could conserve before age 11 in either version of the task
  2. BChildren did better, suggesting the two-question format misled them
  3. CChildren did worse than in Piaget's version, so he overestimated them
  4. DThe number of questions asked made no difference to the results
8.Hard

For a trait, identical twins correlate 0.8 and fraternal twins correlate 0.5. Using Falconer's formula, the rough heritability estimate is:

  1. A0.8
  2. B0.6
  3. C0.3
  4. D0.4

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Uninvolved (neglectful)
  2. 2. D · Imaginary audience
  3. 3. C · A soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
  4. 4. C · 80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes
  5. 5. B · Gender schema theory
  6. 6. B · Higher pitch and exaggerated intonation
  7. 7. B · Children did better, suggesting the two-question format misled them
  8. 8. B · 0.6

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