Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Comparing identical and fraternal twins is mainly used to study:

  1. AWhether Piaget's stages occur in a fixed order
  2. BHow memory develops during the first year of life
  3. CWhy some children start babbling earlier
  4. DThe relative influence of genes and environment
2.Easy

Who developed attachment theory?

  1. AJohn Bowlby
  2. BB. F. Skinner
  3. CJean Piaget
  4. DAlbert Bandura
3.Easy

Which period of prenatal development comes first?

  1. ANeonatal
  2. BFetal
  3. CGerminal
  4. DEmbryonic
4.Medium

A 5-year-old says a boy who broke 15 cups by accident is naughtier than a boy who broke 1 cup while stealing jam. Piaget called this:

  1. AHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
  2. BFormal operational moral thought
  3. CAutonomous morality (moral relativism)
  4. DPost-conventional moral reasoning
5.Medium

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

  1. APunishment of a model always reduces children's aggression
  2. BAggression is purely genetic
  3. CChildren only imitate other children
  4. DChildren learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
6.Medium

Young infants in English-speaking homes can tell apart some Hindi speech sounds that English-speaking adults cannot, but most lose this ability by about the end of the first year. This is called:

  1. AOverregularisation
  2. BHabituation
  3. CPerceptual narrowing
  4. DFast mapping
7.Hard

A teacher plans maths lessons. Which plan fits Vygotsky's view better than Piaget's?

  1. ALet pupils discover the rules alone with no adult guidance
  2. BTeach only the tasks that pupils can already complete independently, without any help
  3. CPair pupils with a more skilled partner and give guided help just beyond their level
  4. DWait until pupils reach the right stage before teaching the topic
8.Hard

Turiel found that young children say hitting is wrong even if a teacher allows it, but wearing pyjamas to school is fine if the teacher allows it. This suggests children:

  1. AThink that clothing rules are more serious than hitting
  2. BDistinguish moral rules from social conventions early
  3. CJudge all rules only by adult authority
  4. DHave no understanding of rules before age 7

Answer key

  1. 1. D · The relative influence of genes and environment
  2. 2. A · John Bowlby
  3. 3. C · Germinal
  4. 4. A · Heteronomous morality (moral realism)
  5. 5. D · Children learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
  6. 6. C · Perceptual narrowing
  7. 7. C · Pair pupils with a more skilled partner and give guided help just beyond their level
  8. 8. B · Distinguish moral rules from social conventions early

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