Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Harlow's monkey experiments showed that infant monkeys preferred:

  1. AA wire mother with food over a cloth mother without any food
  2. BA soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
  3. CBeing alone to having any mother
  4. DOther infant monkeys only
2.Easy

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

  1. AIntegrity versus despair
  2. BIdentity versus role confusion
  3. CTrust versus mistrust
  4. DIntimacy versus isolation
3.Easy

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

  1. ASolitary play
  2. BParallel play
  3. CAssociative play
  4. DCooperative play
4.Medium

Which ability is most likely to decline from early adulthood onwards?

  1. AGeneral knowledge about the world
  2. BSpeed in solving new, unfamiliar problems
  3. CKnowledge of word meanings
  4. DExpertise in one's own profession
5.Medium

An infant in the Strange Situation approaches the parent with the head turned away, then freezes. Contradictory behaviour like this indicates which attachment type?

  1. ADisorganised
  2. BInsecure-avoidant
  3. CSecure
  4. DInsecure-resistant
6.Medium

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. ABabbling
  2. BTelegraphic speech
  3. COverextension
  4. DFast mapping
7.Hard

Cross-sectional studies suggested large declines in intelligence after middle age, but Schaie's longitudinal data showed smaller declines. A main reason for the difference is:

  1. ALongitudinal studies always use younger samples
  2. BCohort effects, such as differences in education between generations
  3. CIntelligence tests do not work with older adults
  4. DCross-sectional studies follow the same people over a long period of time
8.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 aggression is entirely innate
  3. CThat punishment prevents any learning
  4. DThat children learn only through direct reinforcement of their own actions

Answer key

  1. 1. B · A soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
  2. 2. B · Identity versus role confusion
  3. 3. B · Parallel play
  4. 4. B · Speed in solving new, unfamiliar problems
  5. 5. A · Disorganised
  6. 6. D · Fast mapping
  7. 7. B · Cohort effects, such as differences in education between generations
  8. 8. A · A difference between learning a behaviour and performing it

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