Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

  1. AJean Piaget
  2. BLev Vygotsky
  3. CLawrence Kohlberg
  4. DJohn Bowlby
2.Easy

A toddler says "Daddy go car" and "want milk". This stage of language is called:

  1. AOverregularisation
  2. BCooing
  3. CTelegraphic speech
  4. DBabbling
3.Easy

Gibson and Walk's "visual cliff" was designed to study infants':

  1. ADepth perception
  2. BColour vision
  3. CAttachment style
  4. DLanguage comprehension
4.Medium

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

  1. AAccommodation
  2. BHabituation
  3. CCritical (sensitive) period
  4. DObject permanence
5.Medium

Children get better at ignoring distractions and switching between tasks through childhood and adolescence. This improvement in executive function is linked mainly to maturation of the:

  1. AOccipital lobe
  2. BPrefrontal cortex
  3. CCerebellum
  4. DBrainstem
6.Medium

An infant in the Strange Situation approaches the parent with the head turned away, then freezes. Contradictory behaviour like this indicates which attachment type?

  1. ASecure
  2. BInsecure-avoidant
  3. CInsecure-resistant
  4. DDisorganised
7.Hard

Harlow's monkeys raised in isolation with only surrogate mothers later showed which outcome?

  1. ABetter problem solving than monkeys that had been reared by real mothers
  2. BCompletely normal adult social behaviour
  3. CAbnormal social behaviour and difficulty caring for their own young
  4. DStrong attachment to the wire mother as adults
8.Hard

A teacher plans maths lessons. Which plan fits Vygotsky's view better than Piaget's?

  1. ATeach only the tasks that pupils can already complete independently, without any help
  2. BLet pupils discover the rules alone with no adult guidance
  3. CPair pupils with a more skilled partner and give guided help just beyond their level
  4. DWait until pupils reach the right stage before teaching the topic

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Lev Vygotsky
  2. 2. C · Telegraphic speech
  3. 3. A · Depth perception
  4. 4. C · Critical (sensitive) period
  5. 5. B · Prefrontal cortex
  6. 6. D · Disorganised
  7. 7. C · Abnormal social behaviour and difficulty caring for their own young
  8. 8. C · Pair pupils with a more skilled partner and give guided help just beyond their level

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