Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Wariness or fear when an unfamiliar person approaches, typically appearing in the second half of the first year, is called:

1. ASocial referencing
2. BImprinting
3. CStranger anxiety
4. DSeparation anxiety

Parents who show little warmth and make few demands, and are largely disengaged from their child, show which style?

1. APermissive (indulgent)
2. BUninvolved (neglectful)
3. CAuthoritarian (strict)
4. DAuthoritative

Two toddlers play with blocks side by side but do not interact with each other. Parten called this:

1. AAssociative play
2. BParallel play
3. CSolitary play
4. DCooperative play

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

In Vygotsky's theory, an older sibling who helps a child learn to tie shoelaces is acting as:

1. AA more knowledgeable other
2. BA primary attachment figure
3. CA formal operational thinker
4. DAn imaginary audience

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

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

Dodge found that aggressive children are more likely to think a peer who bumped into them did it on purpose, even when the situation was ambiguous. This is called:

1. ASelf-serving bias
2. BImaginary audience bias
3. CThe personal fable
4. DHostile attribution bias

For a trait, identical twins correlate 0.8 and fraternal twins correlate 0.5. Using Falconer's formula, the rough heritability estimate is:

1. A0.8
2. B0.3
3. C0.6
4. D0.4