Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A baby throws its arms outwards and then pulls them in after a sudden loud noise. This is the:

1. AStepping reflex
2. BSucking reflex
3. CRooting reflex
4. DMoro reflex

A preoperational child says the sun is following her because it wants to play. This is an example of:

1. AConservation
2. BAnimism
3. CReversibility
4. DSeriation

Noam Chomsky proposed that children have an innate "language acquisition device". This view emphasises:

1. ABiological readiness to learn language
2. BImitation as the only source of grammar
3. CLearning language only through reinforcement
4. DLanguage as a product of formal schooling

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. CThe A-not-B error
4. DConservation failure

Which concept refers to a period when a child is especially sensitive to certain experiences?

1. AHabituation
2. BObject permanence
3. CCritical (sensitive) period
4. DAccommodation

Asked about the Heinz dilemma, a teenager says "Heinz should steal the drug because a good husband would do that for his wife". This reasoning is at Kohlberg's:

1. ASensorimotor level
2. BConventional level
3. CPost-conventional level
4. DPre-conventional level

Adults rarely remember events from before the age of about 3. Which explanation is commonly given for this infantile amnesia?

1. AMemories from infancy are all repressed because they are deeply traumatic
2. BYoung children experience no events worth remembering
3. CImmature brain systems and limited language and self-concept at encoding
4. DInfants have no ability to learn

Temperament research by Thomas and Chess classified infants into which three main groups?

1. AIntroverted, extroverted and ambiverted
2. BSecure, avoidant and resistant
3. CEasy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up
4. DAuthoritative, authoritarian and permissive