Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Harlow's monkey experiments showed that infant monkeys preferred:

  1. AOther infant monkeys only
  2. BA soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
  3. CBeing alone to having any mother
  4. DA wire mother with food over a cloth mother without any food
2.Easy

A teenager feels that everyone at school will notice a small spot on her face. Elkind called this belief the:

  1. AImaginary audience
  2. BMoral realism
  3. CIdentity crisis
  4. DPersonal fable
3.Easy

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. CVisual self-recognition
  4. DDepth perception
4.Medium

Scaffolding refers to:

  1. ALetting children discover everything alone
  2. BBuilding one fixed curriculum that every child must follow in order
  3. CPunishing errors so they are not repeated
  4. DSupport given to a learner that is reduced as competence grows
5.Medium

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. AAnimism
  2. BCentration
  3. CConservation failure
  4. DThe A-not-B error
6.Medium

Fantz showed infants pairs of patterns and measured how long they looked at each. Many young infants looked longest at:

  1. ABlank grey cards
  2. BPrinted text
  3. CPlain coloured discs
  4. DFace-like patterns
7.Hard

In a Bobo doll variation, children who saw a model punished imitated less aggression, but when all children were offered rewards to copy the model, the differences disappeared. This shows:

  1. AThat children learn only through direct reinforcement of their own actions
  2. BThat aggression is entirely innate
  3. CThat punishment prevents any learning
  4. DA difference between learning a behaviour and performing it
8.Hard

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. AGene–environment interaction
  2. BPassive
  3. CActive (niche-picking)
  4. DEvocative

Answer key

  1. 1. B · A soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
  2. 2. A · Imaginary audience
  3. 3. C · Visual self-recognition
  4. 4. D · Support given to a learner that is reduced as competence grows
  5. 5. D · The A-not-B error
  6. 6. D · Face-like patterns
  7. 7. D · A difference between learning a behaviour and performing it
  8. 8. B · Passive

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