Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AAssociative play
2. BParallel play
3. CSolitary play
4. DCooperative play

A teratogen is:

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

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is caused by:

1. AA single inherited gene
2. BDrinking alcohol in early childhood
3. CAlcohol exposure before birth
4. DToo little sleep during infancy

A 3-year-old hears a new word once, "This is the chromium tray", and later picks out the correct tray. This is called:

1. ATelegraphic speech
2. BFast mapping
3. COverextension
4. DBabbling

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

1. AObject permanence
2. BTheory of mind
3. CConservation of number
4. DSecure attachment

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

1. AChildren learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
2. BPunishment of a model always reduces children's aggression
3. CAggression is purely genetic
4. DChildren only imitate other children

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

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. ARemember only events that happened to others
2. BCannot form any long-term memories
3. CCan retain learned associations over days
4. DOnly remember things they can name