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

At what age do most children say their first words?

1. AAround 30 months
2. BAround 3 months
3. CAround 12 months
4. DAround 5 years

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

1. AUnderextension
2. BTelegraphic speech
3. COverregularisation
4. DBabbling

Asked about the Heinz dilemma, a teenager says "Heinz should steal the drug because a good husband would do that for his wife". This reasoning is at Kohlberg's:

1. APost-conventional level
2. BPre-conventional level
3. CConventional level
4. DSensorimotor level

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

1. AAccommodation
2. BCritical (sensitive) period
3. CObject permanence
4. DHabituation

A teenager drives dangerously, believing "accidents happen to other people, not to me". Elkind called this belief the:

1. AHostile attribution bias
2. BImaginary audience
3. CForeclosure
4. DPersonal fable

In Hughes' "policeman doll" study, most children aged 3½–5 could hide a boy doll where two policemen could not see him. How does this relate to Piaget's three mountains task?

1. AIt shows that children cannot take any other person's viewpoint before about age 7
2. BIt shows that conservation develops before age 3
3. CIt suggests young children are less egocentric when the task makes sense to them
4. DIt confirms that young children are fully egocentric

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

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