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. BMoro reflex
3. CSucking reflex
4. DRooting reflex

A girl's first menstrual period is called:

1. ASpermarche
2. BAdrenarche
3. CMenarche
4. DMenopause

Comparing identical and fraternal twins is mainly used to study:

1. AWhether Piaget's stages occur in a fixed order
2. BThe relative influence of genes and environment
3. CHow memory develops during the first year of life
4. DWhy some children start babbling earlier

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. AThe A-not-B error
2. BCentration
3. CConservation failure
4. DAnimism

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. APhoneme
2. BTelegraphic sentence
3. CMorpheme
4. DHolophrase

Baillargeon found that young infants looked longer at "impossible" events, such as a screen rotating through a box behind it. This suggests infants:

1. AHave no memory for events that they cannot see
2. BCannot perceive objects at all once they move behind screens
3. CPrefer moving screens to objects that stay still
4. DKnow hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought

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

1. ASecure attachment was common only in Western, individualist countries
2. BAttachment type proportions were the same in every country studied
3. CAvoidant attachment was the most common type in nearly every country studied
4. DSecure was most common everywhere; variation within countries was larger

An irritable, difficult baby tends to receive harsher parenting than a calm baby. This is an example of which gene–environment correlation?

1. AEvocative
2. BActive (niche-picking)
3. CGene–environment independence
4. DPassive