Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Egocentrism in Piaget's preoperational stage means children:

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

Object permanence is the understanding that:

  1. AOther people have different thoughts
  2. BThe amount of liquid stays the same in a different glass
  3. CObjects continue to exist when they cannot be seen
  4. DObjects can be sorted by size
3.Easy

A child focuses only on the height of the liquid in a glass and ignores its width. Piaget called this:

  1. AAnimism
  2. BAccommodation
  3. CCentration
  4. DObject permanence
4.Medium

Children get better at ignoring distractions and switching between tasks through childhood and adolescence. This improvement in executive function is linked mainly to maturation of the:

  1. AOccipital lobe
  2. BBrainstem
  3. CCerebellum
  4. DPrefrontal cortex
5.Medium

A 1-year-old says "up!" while raising her arms, meaning "Pick me up". A single word used to express a whole idea is called a:

  1. AHolophrase
  2. BMorpheme
  3. CTelegraphic sentence
  4. DPhoneme
6.Medium

A 9-year-old can arrange sticks from shortest to longest quickly and without errors. This ability is called:

  1. ASeriation
  2. BAnimism
  3. CAccommodation
  4. DConservation
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. APrefer one doll to two dolls
  2. BHave basic expectations about small numbers
  3. CCannot see objects behind screens
  4. DHave already learned to count aloud
8.Hard

Baron-Cohen, Leslie and Frith gave the Sally–Anne task to autistic children, children with Down syndrome and typical children. Most autistic children failed, while most children with Down syndrome passed. Why was the Down syndrome group important?

  1. AIt showed autistic children have poor eyesight
  2. BIt showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age
  3. CIt showed that all three groups have exactly the same theory of mind
  4. DIt showed the task is too hard for anyone under 10

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Find it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
  2. 2. C · Objects continue to exist when they cannot be seen
  3. 3. C · Centration
  4. 4. D · Prefrontal cortex
  5. 5. A · Holophrase
  6. 6. A · Seriation
  7. 7. B · Have basic expectations about small numbers
  8. 8. B · It showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age

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