Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

  1. AJohn Bowlby
  2. BLev Vygotsky
  3. CLawrence Kohlberg
  4. DJean Piaget
2.Easy

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

  1. AStranger anxiety
  2. BImprinting
  3. CSeparation anxiety
  4. DSocial referencing
3.Easy

Harlow's monkey experiments showed that infant monkeys preferred:

  1. AA soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
  2. BBeing alone to having any mother
  3. CA wire mother with food over a cloth mother without any food
  4. DOther infant monkeys only
4.Medium

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

  1. ABehavioural inhibition
  2. BLearned helplessness
  3. CDisorganised attachment
  4. DIdentity diffusion
5.Medium

In Mischel's "marshmallow test", children could eat one treat now or wait to get two. The task measures:

  1. ADelay of gratification
  2. BConservation
  3. CAttachment security
  4. DObject permanence
6.Medium

In the Strange Situation, an infant shows little distress when the mother leaves and ignores or turns away from her when she returns. This infant is classed as:

  1. AInsecure-avoidant
  2. BSecurely attached
  3. CDisorganised
  4. DInsecure-resistant
7.Hard

In a Bobo doll variation, children who saw a model punished imitated less aggression, but when all children were offered rewards to copy the model, the differences disappeared. This shows:

  1. AA difference between learning a behaviour and performing it
  2. BThat children learn only through direct reinforcement of their own actions
  3. CThat punishment prevents any learning
  4. DThat aggression is entirely innate
8.Hard

In sociometric studies, how do "rejected" children differ from "neglected" children?

  1. ANeglected children are the most actively disliked in the class
  2. BThe two groups get exactly the same pattern of nominations
  3. CRejected children are disliked; neglected ones are rarely named
  4. DRejected children are named as liked more often than other children

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Lev Vygotsky
  2. 2. A · Stranger anxiety
  3. 3. A · A soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
  4. 4. A · Behavioural inhibition
  5. 5. A · Delay of gratification
  6. 6. A · Insecure-avoidant
  7. 7. A · A difference between learning a behaviour and performing it
  8. 8. C · Rejected children are disliked; neglected ones are rarely named

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