Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AAssociative play
2. BCooperative play
3. CSolitary play
4. DParallel play

A teratogen is:

1. AAn outside agent that can harm prenatal development
2. BA reflex that is present in newborn babies only
3. CA hormone released by the placenta to start labour
4. DA gene that controls the timing of puberty in teens

In Piaget's theory, which stage comes first?

1. ASensorimotor
2. BConcrete operational
3. CFormal operational
4. DPreoperational

Which statement about the formal operational stage is correct?

1. AAdolescents can reason about abstract and hypothetical problems
2. BThinking is limited to concrete objects that are physically in front of them
3. CChildren cannot yet use symbols
4. DChildren first develop object permanence

Kagan described some toddlers who are consistently shy, cautious and quiet with unfamiliar people and situations. This temperament is called:

1. ADisorganised attachment
2. BBehavioural inhibition
3. CIdentity diffusion
4. DLearned helplessness

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. ATelegraphic speech
2. BFast mapping
3. CBabbling
4. DOverextension

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

1. AActive (niche-picking)
2. BPassive
3. CEvocative
4. DGene–environment independence

Wood and Middleton watched mothers help children build a puzzle. Which strategy was most effective?

1. AMore help after failure and less help after success
2. BThe same high level of help throughout the task
3. CShowing the full solution right at the start
4. DNo help at all until the child asked for it