Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Egocentrism in Piaget's preoperational stage means children:

1. AAre selfish and refuse to share their toys with other children
2. BFind it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
3. COnly think about food
4. DPrefer to play alone

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

1. AParallel play
2. BCooperative play
3. CAssociative play
4. DSolitary play

Parents who are warm and affectionate but set few rules or demands show which style?

1. APermissive
2. BAuthoritative
3. CUninvolved
4. DAuthoritarian

A 9-year-old can arrange sticks from shortest to longest quickly and without errors. This ability is called:

1. AAnimism
2. BSeriation
3. CConservation
4. DAccommodation

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. AMorpheme
2. BTelegraphic sentence
3. CHolophrase
4. DPhoneme

A toddler watches another child have a tantrum and copies it the next day. Piaget saw this deferred imitation as evidence of:

1. AFormal operational thought
2. BMoral realism
3. CConservation
4. DMental representation

Baron-Cohen, Leslie and Frith gave the Sally–Anne task to autistic children, children with Down syndrome and typical children. Most autistic children failed, while most children with Down syndrome passed. Why was the Down syndrome group important?

1. AIt showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age
2. BIt showed that all three groups have exactly the same theory of mind
3. CIt showed the task is too hard for anyone under 10
4. DIt showed autistic children have poor eyesight

A child is shown a Smarties tube, guesses it contains sweets, and finds pencils. Asked what a friend who has not looked will think is inside, a typical 3-year-old says "pencils". This shows:

1. AA lack of object permanence
2. BA failure to conserve quantity
3. CAn advanced theory of mind
4. DDifficulty understanding false beliefs