Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A teratogen is:

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

The "rouge test", in which a mark is placed on a child's nose before they look in a mirror, measures:

1. AVisual self-recognition
2. BObject permanence
3. CDepth perception
4. DUnderstanding false beliefs

Differences between age groups that are caused by growing up in different historical times are called:

1. AOrder effects
2. BPractice effects
3. CCeiling effects
4. DCohort effects

Which statement about the formal operational stage is correct?

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

In Kohlberg's theory, a person who judges right and wrong mainly by avoiding punishment is at which level?

1. AConventional
2. BPre-conventional
3. CFormal operational
4. DPost-conventional

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. APrefrontal cortex
2. BCerebellum
3. CBrainstem
4. DOccipital lobe

According to Erikson, older adults who look back on life with a sense of fulfilment achieve:

1. AIntegrity
2. BIntimacy
3. CGenerativity
4. DIndustry

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

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