Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AUninvolved (neglectful)
2. BAuthoritarian (strict)
3. CPermissive (indulgent)
4. DAuthoritative

Understanding that an action can be mentally undone, such as pouring water back into the first glass, is called:

1. AEgocentrism
2. BAnimism
3. CReversibility
4. DCentration

Who developed attachment theory?

1. AB. F. Skinner
2. BJohn Bowlby
3. CAlbert Bandura
4. DJean Piaget

A 5-year-old says a boy who broke 15 cups by accident is naughtier than a boy who broke 1 cup while stealing jam. Piaget called this:

1. AFormal operational moral thought
2. BHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
3. CAutonomous morality (moral relativism)
4. DPost-conventional moral reasoning

The Sally–Anne task is used to test whether a child has:

1. AConservation of number
2. BSecure attachment
3. CObject permanence
4. DTheory of mind

A researcher tests 5-, 10- and 15-year-olds now and then retests the same groups every two years. This design is called:

1. ACase study
2. BLongitudinal only
3. CCross-sectional
4. DCross-sequential

Wynn showed 5-month-olds one doll, then a second doll being added behind a screen. When the screen dropped to reveal only one doll, infants looked longer. This suggests infants:

1. APrefer one doll to two dolls
2. BCannot see objects behind screens
3. CHave already learned to count aloud
4. DHave basic expectations about small numbers

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

1. AIndustry
2. BIntegrity
3. CIntimacy
4. DGenerativity