Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

According to Erikson, the main challenge of young adulthood is:

1. AIntimacy versus isolation
2. BIdentity versus role confusion
3. CIntegrity versus despair
4. DGenerativity versus stagnation

The "rouge test", in which a mark is placed on a child's nose before they look in a mirror, measures:

1. AUnderstanding false beliefs
2. BObject permanence
3. CDepth perception
4. DVisual self-recognition

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

1. AAnimism
2. BCentration
3. CAccommodation
4. DObject permanence

Shown 7 roses and 3 tulips, a 5-year-old says there are more roses than flowers. Which ability is still lacking?

1. ATheory of mind
2. BClass inclusion
3. CObject permanence
4. DDeferred imitation

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

1. ASecure attachment
2. BTheory of mind
3. CObject permanence
4. DConservation of number

A 9-month-old finds a toy hidden under cloth A several times. The toy is then hidden under cloth B in full view, but the infant searches under A again. This is:

1. ACentration
2. BAnimism
3. CConservation failure
4. DThe A-not-B error

A child is shown a Smarties tube, guesses it contains sweets, and finds pencils. Asked what a friend who has not looked will think is inside, a typical 3-year-old says "pencils". This shows:

1. AAn advanced theory of mind
2. BDifficulty understanding false beliefs
3. CA lack of object permanence
4. DA failure to conserve quantity

Ainsworth's sensitivity hypothesis proposes that secure attachment results mainly from:

1. AThe amount of time the infant spends with any adult
2. BThe infant's genetic temperament only
3. CStrict feeding schedules
4. DThe caregiver responding promptly and appropriately to the infant's signals