Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AAuthoritarian
2. BAuthoritative
3. CPermissive
4. DUninvolved

Understanding that an action can be mentally undone, such as pouring water back into the first glass, is called:

1. AReversibility
2. BEgocentrism
3. CAnimism
4. DCentration

Which researcher used the "Strange Situation" to classify attachment types?

1. AErik Erikson
2. BHarry Harlow
3. CLev Vygotsky
4. DMary Ainsworth

Which feature is typical of infant-directed speech ("parentese")?

1. ALong sentences with complex grammar
2. BFast speech with very few pauses
3. CHigher pitch and exaggerated intonation
4. DA flat, quiet and monotonous tone

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

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

Children get better at ignoring distractions and switching between tasks through childhood and adolescence. This improvement in executive function is linked mainly to maturation of the:

1. ACerebellum
2. BBrainstem
3. CPrefrontal cortex
4. DOccipital lobe

Adolescents take more risks in a driving game when friends are watching, but adults are less affected. Steinberg explains this mainly by:

1. AReward systems maturing earlier than prefrontal self-control
2. BAdolescents having faster reaction times than adults do
3. CAdults being less aware of risks than adolescents are
4. DAdolescents being unable to understand the rules of the driving game

Which of these is a key criticism of Kohlberg's theory of moral development?

1. AIt claimed moral development ends at age 5
2. BIt was tested only on animals
3. CIt ignored moral reasoning completely
4. DIt was based mainly on male participants and emphasised justice over care