Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

At what age do most children say their first words?

1. AAround 30 months
2. BAround 3 months
3. CAround 5 years
4. DAround 12 months

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

1. APermissive
2. BAuthoritarian
3. CUninvolved
4. DAuthoritative

A teratogen is:

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

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

1. APre-conventional
2. BConventional
3. CPost-conventional
4. DHeteronomous

In Vygotsky's theory, an older sibling who helps a child learn to tie shoelaces is acting as:

1. AA formal operational thinker
2. BAn imaginary audience
3. CA primary attachment figure
4. DA more knowledgeable other

Which concept refers to a period when a child is especially sensitive to certain experiences?

1. ACritical (sensitive) period
2. BHabituation
3. CObject permanence
4. DAccommodation

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. AExceptionally high academic achievement
2. BNo differences at all from family-reared children
3. CDifficulties in peer relationships
4. DComplete failure to form any family attachments

The concept of "internal working model" in attachment theory refers to:

1. AA plan made by parents for their child's education
2. BThe infant's memory for faces only
3. CA mental representation of relationships based on early attachment experiences
4. DA computer model of child development