Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Gibson and Walk's "visual cliff" was designed to study infants':

1. AColour vision
2. BLanguage comprehension
3. CDepth perception
4. DAttachment style

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

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

Egocentrism in Piaget's preoperational stage means children:

1. APrefer to play alone
2. BOnly think about food
3. CAre selfish and refuse to share their toys with other children
4. DFind it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint

A 3-year-old hears a new word once, "This is the chromium tray", and later picks out the correct tray. This is called:

1. ATelegraphic speech
2. BOverextension
3. CBabbling
4. DFast mapping

A parent's stressful workplace affects a child's home life, although the child never goes there. In Bronfenbrenner's theory, the workplace is part of the child's:

1. AExosystem
2. BMesosystem
3. CChronosystem
4. DMicrosystem

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

1. ALow warmth and low involvement
2. BHigh warmth with few rules or demands
3. CHigh warmth with high, clearly explained expectations
4. DLow warmth with strict rules and very little explanation

According to Erikson, older adults who look back on life with a sense of fulfilment achieve:

1. AIntegrity
2. BGenerativity
3. CIndustry
4. DIntimacy

Temperament research by Thomas and Chess classified infants into which three main groups?

1. ASecure, avoidant and resistant
2. BAuthoritative, authoritarian and permissive
3. CEasy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up
4. DIntroverted, extroverted and ambiverted