Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Gibson and Walk's "visual cliff" was designed to study infants':

1. AColour vision
2. BLanguage comprehension
3. CDepth perception
4. DAttachment style

A child understands that she will stay a girl even if she cuts her hair short or plays football. Kohlberg called this:

1. AGender role
2. BGender typing
3. CGender schema
4. DGender constancy

According to Erikson, the main conflict of infancy is:

1. ATrust versus mistrust
2. BInitiative versus guilt
3. CIndustry versus inferiority
4. DAutonomy versus shame and doubt

In Kohlberg's theory, a person who judges right and wrong mainly by avoiding punishment is at which level?

1. APre-conventional
2. BFormal operational
3. CPost-conventional
4. DConventional

A toddler watches another child have a tantrum and copies it the next day. Piaget saw this deferred imitation as evidence of:

1. AMoral realism
2. BConservation
3. CFormal operational thought
4. DMental representation

In Vygotsky's theory, an older sibling who helps a child learn to tie shoelaces is acting as:

1. AA primary attachment figure
2. BAn imaginary audience
3. CA formal operational thinker
4. DA more knowledgeable other

In Tronick's "still-face" procedure, a mother suddenly stops responding and keeps a neutral face. Infants typically react by:

1. AIgnoring the change and carrying on playing as before
2. BSmiling and babbling much more than before the change
3. CTurning to the experimenter instead and staying calm throughout
4. DTrying to re-engage her, then becoming upset and looking away

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

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