Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. AAnimism
  2. BCentration
  3. CEgocentrism
  4. DReversibility
2.Easy

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

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

A toddler says "Daddy go car" and "want milk". This stage of language is called:

  1. ABabbling
  2. BOverregularisation
  3. CCooing
  4. DTelegraphic speech
4.Medium

Which attachment type is shown by an infant who is very distressed at separation and both seeks and resists contact at reunion?

  1. ASecure
  2. BDisorganised only
  3. CInsecure-avoidant
  4. DInsecure-resistant (ambivalent)
5.Medium

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

  1. AChildren only imitate other children
  2. BAggression is purely genetic
  3. CChildren learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
  4. DPunishment of a model always reduces children's aggression
6.Medium

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

  1. APre-conventional
  2. BPost-conventional
  3. CFormal operational
  4. DConventional
7.Hard

Turiel found that young children say hitting is wrong even if a teacher allows it, but wearing pyjamas to school is fine if the teacher allows it. This suggests children:

  1. ADistinguish moral rules from social conventions early
  2. BThink that clothing rules are more serious than hitting
  3. CJudge all rules only by adult authority
  4. DHave no understanding of rules before age 7
8.Hard

Japanese infants in early Strange Situation studies showed high rates of resistant attachment and very little avoidance. One common explanation is that:

  1. AThey were rarely separated from mothers, so the test was unusually stressful
  2. BJapanese fathers did most of the caregiving in these families
  3. CJapanese infants are genetically more anxious than infants elsewhere
  4. DJapanese mothers in these samples were usually insensitive towards their infants

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Reversibility
  2. 2. D · Gender constancy
  3. 3. D · Telegraphic speech
  4. 4. D · Insecure-resistant (ambivalent)
  5. 5. C · Children learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
  6. 6. A · Pre-conventional
  7. 7. A · Distinguish moral rules from social conventions early
  8. 8. A · They were rarely separated from mothers, so the test was unusually stressful

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