Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

  1. AIdentity versus role confusion
  2. BTrust versus mistrust
  3. CIntimacy versus isolation
  4. DIntegrity versus despair
2.Easy

Konrad Lorenz found that goslings followed the first moving object they saw after hatching. This is called:

  1. AHabituation
  2. BScaffolding
  3. CAssimilation
  4. DImprinting
3.Easy

Noam Chomsky proposed that children have an innate "language acquisition device". This view emphasises:

  1. AImitation as the only source of grammar
  2. BBiological readiness to learn language
  3. CLanguage as a product of formal schooling
  4. DLearning language only through reinforcement
4.Medium

The Sally–Anne task is used to test whether a child has:

  1. AObject permanence
  2. BSecure attachment
  3. CTheory of mind
  4. DConservation of number
5.Medium

A girl pays close attention to information about "girls' toys" and quickly forgets details about "boys' toys". Which theory best explains this?

  1. APsychoanalytic theory
  2. BAttachment theory
  3. CGender schema theory
  4. DEcological systems theory
6.Medium

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

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

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

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

In sociometric studies, how do "rejected" children differ from "neglected" children?

  1. ANeglected children are the most actively disliked in the class
  2. BRejected children are disliked; neglected ones are rarely named
  3. CThe two groups get exactly the same pattern of nominations
  4. DRejected children are named as liked more often than other children

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Identity versus role confusion
  2. 2. D · Imprinting
  3. 3. B · Biological readiness to learn language
  4. 4. C · Theory of mind
  5. 5. C · Gender schema theory
  6. 6. C · High warmth with high, clearly explained expectations
  7. 7. B · They were rarely separated from mothers, so the test was unusually stressful
  8. 8. B · Rejected children are disliked; neglected ones are rarely named

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