Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

In Piaget's theory, which stage comes first?

1. AFormal operational
2. BConcrete operational
3. CPreoperational
4. DSensorimotor

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

1. ACooing
2. BOverregularisation
3. CTelegraphic speech
4. DBabbling

A baby throws its arms outwards and then pulls them in after a sudden loud noise. This is the:

1. AMoro reflex
2. BSucking reflex
3. CRooting reflex
4. DStepping reflex

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. ASecure
2. BDisorganised
3. CInsecure-resistant
4. DInsecure-avoidant

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. AMoratorium
2. BIdentity diffusion
3. CIdentity achievement
4. DForeclosure

Scaffolding refers to:

1. APunishing errors so they are not repeated
2. BSupport given to a learner that is reduced as competence grows
3. CLetting children discover everything alone
4. DBuilding one fixed curriculum that every child must follow in order

Harlow's monkeys raised in isolation with only surrogate mothers later showed which outcome?

1. AAbnormal social behaviour and difficulty caring for their own young
2. BStrong attachment to the wire mother as adults
3. CBetter problem solving than monkeys that had been reared by real mothers
4. DCompletely normal adult social behaviour

In an adoption study, adopted children's IQ scores correlate more with their biological parents' scores than with their adoptive parents' scores. This suggests:

1. AThat the family environment has no effect at all on IQ
2. BGenetic influence on individual differences in IQ
3. CThat adoptive parents give poor care
4. DThat IQ is fixed at birth