Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Who developed attachment theory?

1. AJean Piaget
2. BJohn Bowlby
3. CB. F. Skinner
4. DAlbert Bandura

Konrad Lorenz found that goslings followed the first moving object they saw after hatching. This is called:

1. AAssimilation
2. BImprinting
3. CHabituation
4. DScaffolding

Differences between age groups that are caused by growing up in different historical times are called:

1. AOrder effects
2. BCeiling effects
3. CCohort effects
4. DPractice effects

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

1. ALow warmth with strict rules and very little explanation
2. BHigh warmth with high, clearly explained expectations
3. CHigh warmth with few rules or demands
4. DLow warmth and low involvement

In Kohlberg's theory, a person who judges right and wrong mainly by avoiding punishment is at which level?

1. AConventional
2. BFormal operational
3. CPre-conventional
4. DPost-conventional

An 18-year-old becomes a dentist like her parents expected, without ever considering other options. In Marcia's model, her identity status is:

1. AIdentity diffusion
2. BIdentity achievement
3. CForeclosure
4. DMoratorium

Which finding is a major criticism of Piaget's formal operational stage?

1. AAdolescents cannot think abstractly at all, even with specific training
2. BMany adults do not reason formally, and it depends on schooling
3. CFormal operations usually appear before concrete operations
4. DMost children reach formal operations by about age 5

Genie was isolated and given almost no language input until she was found at age 13. Later she learned many words but never mastered grammar. This case is often used to support:

1. AA critical or sensitive period for language acquisition
2. BThe idea that age has no effect on language learning
3. CThe idea that language is learned only through reinforcement
4. DThe claim that grammar is learned faster than vocabulary