Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Knowledge and vocabulary built up over a lifetime, which tend to stay stable or grow with age, are called:

1. AEmotional intelligence
2. BProcessing speed
3. CCrystallised intelligence
4. DFluid intelligence

A teratogen is:

1. AA gene that controls the timing of puberty in teens
2. BA reflex that is present in newborn babies only
3. CAn outside agent that can harm prenatal development
4. DA hormone released by the placenta to start labour

A child says "I goed to the park" and "two mouses". This error is called:

1. AOverregularisation
2. BTelegraphic speech
3. CBabbling
4. DUnderextension

Scaffolding refers to:

1. ALetting children discover everything alone
2. BPunishing errors so they are not repeated
3. CSupport given to a learner that is reduced as competence grows
4. DBuilding one fixed curriculum that every child must follow in order

Kagan described some toddlers who are consistently shy, cautious and quiet with unfamiliar people and situations. This temperament is called:

1. AIdentity diffusion
2. BDisorganised attachment
3. CBehavioural inhibition
4. DLearned helplessness

The Sally–Anne task is used to test whether a child has:

1. AObject permanence
2. BTheory of mind
3. CConservation of number
4. DSecure attachment

Main's Adult Attachment Interview found that parents who describe their own childhood in a coherent, balanced way tend to have infants who:

1. AShow no attachment at all
2. BAre always insecure-avoidant
3. CDevelop formal operational thought earlier
4. DAre securely attached in the Strange Situation

Which finding challenges the idea that attachment forms only with the mother?

1. ASchaffer and Emerson found many infants form multiple attachments, including to fathers
2. BInfants only attach to the person who feeds them
3. CHarlow's monkeys preferred wire mothers
4. DBowlby found no effect of separation