Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

1. AIdentity versus role confusion
2. BIntimacy versus isolation
3. CTrust versus mistrust
4. DIntegrity versus despair

A newborn turns its head towards a touch on the cheek and opens its mouth. This is the:

1. AMoro reflex
2. BRooting reflex
3. CGrasping reflex
4. DBabinski reflex

Object permanence is the understanding that:

1. AObjects can be sorted by size
2. BObjects continue to exist when they cannot be seen
3. COther people have different thoughts
4. DThe amount of liquid stays the same in a different glass

Older adults often prefer spending time with a few close friends rather than meeting new people. Carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory explains this as:

1. AFear of strangers that grows steadily in later life
2. BFocusing on emotionally meaningful goals as time feels shorter
3. CA gradual loss of social skills that tends to come with increasing age
4. DA decline in crystallised intelligence and memory

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

1. ALow warmth and low involvement
2. BHigh warmth with few rules or demands
3. CLow warmth with strict rules and very little explanation
4. DHigh warmth with high, clearly explained expectations

Scaffolding refers to:

1. ASupport given to a learner that is reduced as competence grows
2. BPunishing errors so they are not repeated
3. CBuilding one fixed curriculum that every child must follow in order
4. DLetting children discover everything alone

Rovee-Collier tied a ribbon from a mobile to infants' ankles so that kicking moved it. Days later, infants kicked more on seeing the same mobile. This shows that young infants:

1. AOnly remember things they can name
2. BCan retain learned associations over days
3. CCannot form any long-term memories
4. DRemember only events that happened to others

Hodges and Tizard followed children raised in institutions until after age 2, some later adopted and some returned to their birth families. At age 16, a common finding across both groups was:

1. AComplete failure to form any family attachments
2. BNo differences at all from family-reared children
3. CExceptionally high academic achievement
4. DDifficulties in peer relationships