Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Who developed attachment theory?

1. AAlbert Bandura
2. BJean Piaget
3. CB. F. Skinner
4. DJohn Bowlby

Understanding that an action can be mentally undone, such as pouring water back into the first glass, is called:

1. ACentration
2. BEgocentrism
3. CReversibility
4. DAnimism

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

1. AOverregularisation
2. BUnderextension
3. CBabbling
4. DTelegraphic speech

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

1. ALow warmth with strict rules and very little explanation
2. BLow warmth and low involvement
3. CHigh warmth with high, clearly explained expectations
4. DHigh warmth with few rules or demands

Baillargeon found that young infants looked longer at "impossible" events, such as a screen rotating through a box behind it. This suggests infants:

1. AKnow hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
2. BCannot perceive objects at all once they move behind screens
3. CPrefer moving screens to objects that stay still
4. DHave no memory for events that they cannot see

A 3-year-old hears a new word once, "This is the chromium tray", and later picks out the correct tray. This is called:

1. ATelegraphic speech
2. BBabbling
3. CFast mapping
4. DOverextension

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

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

Cross-sectional studies suggested large declines in intelligence after middle age, but Schaie's longitudinal data showed smaller declines. A main reason for the difference is:

1. ACohort effects, such as differences in education between generations
2. BCross-sectional studies follow the same people over a long period of time
3. CLongitudinal studies always use younger samples
4. DIntelligence tests do not work with older adults