Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Egocentrism in Piaget's preoperational stage means children:

1. AOnly think about food
2. BAre selfish and refuse to share their toys with other children
3. CFind it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
4. DPrefer to play alone

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

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

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

1. AMoral realism
2. BIdentity crisis
3. CImaginary audience
4. DPersonal fable

A 3-year-old hears a new word once, "This is the chromium tray", and later picks out the correct tray. This is called:

1. AFast mapping
2. BBabbling
3. COverextension
4. DTelegraphic speech

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. AForeclosure
2. BMoratorium
3. CIdentity achievement
4. DIdentity diffusion

Someone argues that Heinz should steal the drug because the right to life is more important than any property law. This reasoning is:

1. APost-conventional
2. BPre-conventional
3. CConventional
4. DHeteronomous

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

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. BGene–environment interaction
3. CPassive
4. DActive (niche-picking)