Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Repetitive syllables such as "ba-ba-ba" in an infant's vocalisations are called:

  1. ATelegraphic speech
  2. BBabbling
  3. CCooing
  4. DHolophrases
2.Easy

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

  1. AReversibility
  2. BAnimism
  3. CSeriation
  4. DConservation
3.Easy

According to Erikson, the main conflict of infancy is:

  1. AInitiative versus guilt
  2. BAutonomy versus shame and doubt
  3. CTrust versus mistrust
  4. DIndustry versus inferiority
4.Medium

Someone argues that Heinz should steal the drug because the right to life is more important than any property law. This reasoning is:

  1. APost-conventional
  2. BConventional
  3. CHeteronomous
  4. DPre-conventional
5.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. BClass inclusion
  3. CTheory of mind
  4. DObject permanence
6.Medium

Older adults often prefer spending time with a few close friends rather than meeting new people. Carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory explains this as:

  1. AA gradual loss of social skills that tends to come with increasing age
  2. BFear of strangers that grows steadily in later life
  3. CFocusing on emotionally meaningful goals as time feels shorter
  4. DA decline in crystallised intelligence and memory
7.Hard

Van IJzendoorn and Kroonenberg's meta-analysis of Strange Situation studies in many countries found that:

  1. AAvoidant attachment was the most common type in nearly every country studied
  2. BAttachment type proportions were the same in every country studied
  3. CSecure attachment was common only in Western, individualist countries
  4. DSecure was most common everywhere; variation within countries was larger
8.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. BDifficulty understanding false beliefs
  3. CA lack of object permanence
  4. DA failure to conserve quantity

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Babbling
  2. 2. B · Animism
  3. 3. C · Trust versus mistrust
  4. 4. A · Post-conventional
  5. 5. B · Class inclusion
  6. 6. C · Focusing on emotionally meaningful goals as time feels shorter
  7. 7. D · Secure was most common everywhere; variation within countries was larger
  8. 8. B · Difficulty understanding false beliefs

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