Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A child understands that she will stay a girl even if she cuts her hair short or plays football. Kohlberg called this:

1. AGender role
2. BGender typing
3. CGender constancy
4. DGender schema

A newborn turns its head towards a touch on the cheek and opens its mouth. This is the:

1. AMoro reflex
2. BGrasping reflex
3. CRooting reflex
4. DBabinski reflex

Parents who show little warmth and make few demands, and are largely disengaged from their child, show which style?

1. APermissive (indulgent)
2. BUninvolved (neglectful)
3. CAuthoritarian (strict)
4. DAuthoritative

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

1. AGender schema theory
2. BPsychoanalytic theory
3. CAttachment theory
4. DEcological systems theory

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. AAutonomous morality (moral relativism)
2. BPost-conventional moral reasoning
3. CHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
4. DFormal operational moral thought

An infant in the Strange Situation approaches the parent with the head turned away, then freezes. Contradictory behaviour like this indicates which attachment type?

1. AInsecure-avoidant
2. BDisorganised
3. CInsecure-resistant
4. DSecure

A critic argues that Piaget underestimated young children. Which finding supports this?

1. AInfants show no memory of hidden objects at all
2. BChildren never pass false-belief tasks before age 7
3. CChildren conserve number earlier when the task is changed so the transformation seems accidental
4. DAdults rarely reason abstractly

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. AEvocative
2. BPassive
3. CGene–environment interaction
4. DActive (niche-picking)