Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Comparing identical and fraternal twins is mainly used to study:

1. AHow memory develops during the first year of life
2. BWhy some children start babbling earlier
3. CWhether Piaget's stages occur in a fixed order
4. DThe relative influence of genes and environment

Who developed attachment theory?

1. AB. F. Skinner
2. BJohn Bowlby
3. CJean Piaget
4. DAlbert Bandura

Bowlby's idea that infants form one special primary attachment, usually to the mother, is called:

1. AMonotropy
2. BTemperament
3. CScaffolding
4. DImprinting

An 18-year-old becomes a dentist like her parents expected, without ever considering other options. In Marcia's model, her identity status is:

1. AForeclosure
2. BIdentity achievement
3. CIdentity diffusion
4. DMoratorium

A student is actively trying out different majors and values but has not committed to any yet. In Marcia's model, this is:

1. AIdentity diffusion
2. BMoratorium
3. CIdentity achievement
4. DForeclosure

Which ability is most likely to decline from early adulthood onwards?

1. AExpertise in one's own profession
2. BSpeed in solving new, unfamiliar problems
3. CKnowledge of word meanings
4. DGeneral knowledge about the world

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. AA failure to conserve quantity
2. BDifficulty understanding false beliefs
3. CAn advanced theory of mind
4. DA lack of object permanence

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

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