Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is caused by:

  1. AAlcohol exposure before birth
  2. BToo little sleep during infancy
  3. CDrinking alcohol in early childhood
  4. DA single inherited gene
2.Easy

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

  1. AAnimism
  2. BReversibility
  3. CEgocentrism
  4. DCentration
3.Easy

Which period of prenatal development comes first?

  1. AFetal
  2. BEmbryonic
  3. CGerminal
  4. DNeonatal
4.Medium

An infant in the Strange Situation approaches the parent with the head turned away, then freezes. Contradictory behaviour like this indicates which attachment type?

  1. AInsecure-avoidant
  2. BSecure
  3. CDisorganised
  4. DInsecure-resistant
5.Medium

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

  1. ADelay of gratification
  2. BObject permanence
  3. CConservation
  4. DAttachment security
6.Medium

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

  1. AHave no memory for events that they cannot see
  2. BPrefer moving screens to objects that stay still
  3. CCannot perceive objects at all once they move behind screens
  4. DKnow hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
7.Hard

A child is shown a Smarties tube, guesses it contains sweets, and finds pencils. Asked what a friend who has not looked will think is inside, a typical 3-year-old says "pencils". This shows:

  1. AAn advanced theory of mind
  2. BA lack of object permanence
  3. CA failure to conserve quantity
  4. DDifficulty understanding false beliefs
8.Hard

Temperament research by Thomas and Chess classified infants into which three main groups?

  1. AAuthoritative, authoritarian and permissive
  2. BIntroverted, extroverted and ambiverted
  3. CSecure, avoidant and resistant
  4. DEasy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Alcohol exposure before birth
  2. 2. B · Reversibility
  3. 3. C · Germinal
  4. 4. C · Disorganised
  5. 5. A · Delay of gratification
  6. 6. D · Know hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
  7. 7. D · Difficulty understanding false beliefs
  8. 8. D · Easy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up

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