Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AParallel play
2. BCooperative play
3. CAssociative play
4. DSolitary play

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

1. AMicrosystem
2. BMesosystem
3. CExosystem
4. DMacrosystem

The "rouge test", in which a mark is placed on a child's nose before they look in a mirror, measures:

1. AObject permanence
2. BUnderstanding false beliefs
3. CVisual self-recognition
4. DDepth perception

A 9-month-old finds a toy hidden under cloth A several times. The toy is then hidden under cloth B in full view, but the infant searches under A again. This is:

1. AThe A-not-B error
2. BAnimism
3. CCentration
4. DConservation failure

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. AIdentity achievement
2. BIdentity diffusion
3. CMoratorium
4. DForeclosure

In Mischel's "marshmallow test", children could eat one treat now or wait to get two. The task measures:

1. AAttachment security
2. BDelay of gratification
3. CConservation
4. DObject permanence

On a visual cliff set to a moderate drop, most infants crossed when their mother smiled but few crossed when she showed fear. This shows:

1. AThat infants cannot perceive depth
2. BThat infants ignore their caregivers' facial expressions in new situations
3. CImprinting on the mother's face
4. DSocial referencing: using a caregiver's emotion to guide behaviour

Hodges and Tizard followed children raised in institutions until after age 2, some later adopted and some returned to their birth families. At age 16, a common finding across both groups was:

1. ANo differences at all from family-reared children
2. BComplete failure to form any family attachments
3. CDifficulties in peer relationships
4. DExceptionally high academic achievement