Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Knowledge and vocabulary built up over a lifetime, which tend to stay stable or grow with age, are called:

1. AProcessing speed
2. BCrystallised intelligence
3. CEmotional intelligence
4. DFluid intelligence

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

1. ATrust versus mistrust
2. BIntegrity versus despair
3. CIdentity versus role confusion
4. DIntimacy versus isolation

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

1. ATelegraphic speech
2. BCooing
3. COverregularisation
4. DBabbling

Bowlby's "44 thieves" study linked early prolonged separation from the mother to:

1. AAffectionless psychopathy
2. BHigher intelligence scores
3. CAdvanced moral reasoning
4. DEarly language development

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

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

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

1. AGeneral knowledge about the world
2. BExpertise in one's own profession
3. CSpeed in solving new, unfamiliar problems
4. DKnowledge of word meanings

An irritable, difficult baby tends to receive harsher parenting than a calm baby. This is an example of which gene–environment correlation?

1. AEvocative
2. BGene–environment independence
3. CActive (niche-picking)
4. DPassive

Parents who love reading pass on genes linked to verbal ability and also fill the house with books. This is which gene–environment correlation?

1. AActive (niche-picking)
2. BGene–environment interaction
3. CPassive
4. DEvocative