Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

The "rouge test", in which a mark is placed on a child's nose before they look in a mirror, measures:

1. AUnderstanding false beliefs
2. BVisual self-recognition
3. CDepth perception
4. DObject permanence

A child says "I goed to the park" and "two mouses". This error is called:

1. ATelegraphic speech
2. BUnderextension
3. CBabbling
4. DOverregularisation

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

1. AJean Piaget
2. BJohn Bowlby
3. CLev Vygotsky
4. DLawrence Kohlberg

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

1. AObject permanence
2. BAttachment security
3. CDelay of gratification
4. DConservation

Someone argues that Heinz should steal the drug because the right to life is more important than any property law. This reasoning is:

1. APost-conventional
2. BConventional
3. CHeteronomous
4. DPre-conventional

A student is actively trying out different majors and values but has not committed to any yet. In Marcia's model, this is:

1. AIdentity diffusion
2. BIdentity achievement
3. CMoratorium
4. DForeclosure

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

On a visual cliff set to a moderate drop, most infants crossed when their mother smiled but few crossed when she showed fear. This shows:

1. AThat infants cannot perceive depth
2. BThat infants ignore their caregivers' facial expressions in new situations
3. CImprinting on the mother's face
4. DSocial referencing: using a caregiver's emotion to guide behaviour