Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Two toddlers play with blocks side by side but do not interact with each other. Parten called this:

  1. AAssociative play
  2. BSolitary play
  3. CCooperative play
  4. DParallel play
2.Easy

A girl's first menstrual period is called:

  1. ASpermarche
  2. BAdrenarche
  3. CMenarche
  4. DMenopause
3.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 role
  2. BGender constancy
  3. CGender typing
  4. DGender schema
4.Medium

A study finds that the heritability of height in a population is about 0.8. What does this mean?

  1. A80% of each person's own height is caused by their genes
  2. B80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes
  3. C80% of people in that group inherit height from their mother
  4. DHeight in that group cannot be changed by the environment
5.Medium

Fantz showed infants pairs of patterns and measured how long they looked at each. Many young infants looked longest at:

  1. ABlank grey cards
  2. BPlain coloured discs
  3. CFace-like patterns
  4. DPrinted text
6.Medium

Baillargeon found that young infants looked longer at "impossible" events, such as a screen rotating through a box behind it. This suggests infants:

  1. AHave no memory for events that they cannot see
  2. BCannot perceive objects at all once they move behind screens
  3. CKnow hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
  4. DPrefer moving screens to objects that stay still
7.Hard

Wynn showed 5-month-olds one doll, then a second doll being added behind a screen. When the screen dropped to reveal only one doll, infants looked longer. This suggests infants:

  1. AHave basic expectations about small numbers
  2. BHave already learned to count aloud
  3. CPrefer one doll to two dolls
  4. DCannot see objects behind screens
8.Hard

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

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Parallel play
  2. 2. C · Menarche
  3. 3. B · Gender constancy
  4. 4. B · 80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes
  5. 5. C · Face-like patterns
  6. 6. C · Know hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
  7. 7. A · Have basic expectations about small numbers
  8. 8. D · Schaffer and Emerson found many infants form multiple attachments, including to fathers

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