Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A preoperational child says the sun is following her because it wants to play. This is an example of:

  1. ASeriation
  2. BConservation
  3. CReversibility
  4. DAnimism
2.Easy

Conservation is the understanding that:

  1. AObjects exist when out of sight
  2. BRules of a game can be changed if all the players agree
  3. COther people have beliefs
  4. DQuantity stays the same when its appearance changes
3.Easy

A child who called every four-legged animal "dog" learns that cats are different and forms a new category. In Piaget's terms, this is:

  1. AAssimilation
  2. BEgocentrism
  3. CAccommodation
  4. DConservation
4.Medium

Shown 7 roses and 3 tulips, a 5-year-old says there are more roses than flowers. Which ability is still lacking?

  1. ADeferred imitation
  2. BTheory of mind
  3. CObject permanence
  4. DClass inclusion
5.Medium

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

  1. ALearned helplessness
  2. BDisorganised attachment
  3. CBehavioural inhibition
  4. DIdentity diffusion
6.Medium

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. APre-conventional level
  2. BConventional level
  3. CSensorimotor level
  4. DPost-conventional level
7.Hard

Adolescents take more risks in a driving game when friends are watching, but adults are less affected. Steinberg explains this mainly by:

  1. AAdolescents having faster reaction times than adults do
  2. BReward systems maturing earlier than prefrontal self-control
  3. CAdolescents being unable to understand the rules of the driving game
  4. DAdults being less aware of risks than adolescents are
8.Hard

Hazan and Shaver's "love quiz" found that adults' romantic attachment styles:

  1. AWere completely unrelated to how people recalled their childhood
  2. BWere nearly all insecure-avoidant, unlike the proportions of infant types
  3. CMatched infant type proportions and related to recalled childhood care
  4. DChanged completely from one relationship to the next at random

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Animism
  2. 2. D · Quantity stays the same when its appearance changes
  3. 3. C · Accommodation
  4. 4. D · Class inclusion
  5. 5. C · Behavioural inhibition
  6. 6. B · Conventional level
  7. 7. B · Reward systems maturing earlier than prefrontal self-control
  8. 8. C · Matched infant type proportions and related to recalled childhood care

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