Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Who developed attachment theory?

1. AAlbert Bandura
2. BB. F. Skinner
3. CJohn Bowlby
4. DJean Piaget

Bowlby's idea that infants form one special primary attachment, usually to the mother, is called:

1. AScaffolding
2. BImprinting
3. CMonotropy
4. DTemperament

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

1. AAccommodation
2. BAnimism
3. CObject permanence
4. DCentration

Habituation in infant research is used to show that babies:

1. APrefer their own reflection
2. BCan tell two stimuli apart because interest returns when the stimulus changes
3. CAre born with full adult vision
4. DBecome drowsy and sleep more when the same stimulus is presented over and over again

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. ATelegraphic sentence
2. BMorpheme
3. CHolophrase
4. DPhoneme

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

1. AClass inclusion
2. BTheory of mind
3. CDeferred imitation
4. DObject permanence

Rovee-Collier tied a ribbon from a mobile to infants' ankles so that kicking moved it. Days later, infants kicked more on seeing the same mobile. This shows that young infants:

1. ACan retain learned associations over days
2. BCannot form any long-term memories
3. COnly remember things they can name
4. DRemember only events that happened to others

Van IJzendoorn and Kroonenberg's meta-analysis of Strange Situation studies in many countries found that:

1. AAttachment type proportions were the same in every country studied
2. BSecure attachment was common only in Western, individualist countries
3. CSecure was most common everywhere; variation within countries was larger
4. DAvoidant attachment was the most common type in nearly every country studied