Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Noam Chomsky proposed that children have an innate "language acquisition device". This view emphasises:

  1. ALearning language only through reinforcement
  2. BImitation as the only source of grammar
  3. CBiological readiness to learn language
  4. DLanguage as a product of formal schooling
2.Easy

Conservation is the understanding that:

  1. AQuantity stays the same when its appearance changes
  2. BObjects exist when out of sight
  3. COther people have beliefs
  4. DRules of a game can be changed if all the players agree
3.Easy

A preoperational child says the sun is following her because it wants to play. This is an example of:

  1. AConservation
  2. BAnimism
  3. CSeriation
  4. DReversibility
4.Medium

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

  1. AMoratorium
  2. BForeclosure
  3. CIdentity achievement
  4. DIdentity diffusion
5.Medium

A 9-year-old can arrange sticks from shortest to longest quickly and without errors. This ability is called:

  1. AConservation
  2. BAccommodation
  3. CSeriation
  4. DAnimism
6.Medium

A girl pays close attention to information about "girls' toys" and quickly forgets details about "boys' toys". Which theory best explains this?

  1. AAttachment theory
  2. BGender schema theory
  3. CPsychoanalytic theory
  4. DEcological systems theory
7.Hard

Japanese infants in early Strange Situation studies showed high rates of resistant attachment and very little avoidance. One common explanation is that:

  1. AThey were rarely separated from mothers, so the test was unusually stressful
  2. BJapanese infants are genetically more anxious than infants elsewhere
  3. CJapanese fathers did most of the caregiving in these families
  4. DJapanese mothers in these samples were usually insensitive towards their infants
8.Hard

A critic argues that Piaget underestimated young children. Which finding supports this?

  1. AInfants show no memory of hidden objects at all
  2. BChildren conserve number earlier when the task is changed so the transformation seems accidental
  3. CChildren never pass false-belief tasks before age 7
  4. DAdults rarely reason abstractly

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Biological readiness to learn language
  2. 2. A · Quantity stays the same when its appearance changes
  3. 3. B · Animism
  4. 4. A · Moratorium
  5. 5. C · Seriation
  6. 6. B · Gender schema theory
  7. 7. A · They were rarely separated from mothers, so the test was unusually stressful
  8. 8. B · Children conserve number earlier when the task is changed so the transformation seems accidental

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