Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Comparing identical and fraternal twins is mainly used to study:

1. AWhether Piaget's stages occur in a fixed order
2. BThe relative influence of genes and environment
3. CHow memory develops during the first year of life
4. DWhy some children start babbling earlier

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

1. ABabbling
2. BUnderextension
3. CTelegraphic speech
4. DOverregularisation

A teenager feels that everyone at school will notice a small spot on her face. Elkind called this belief the:

1. AMoral realism
2. BPersonal fable
3. CImaginary audience
4. DIdentity crisis

A 5-year-old says a boy who broke 15 cups by accident is naughtier than a boy who broke 1 cup while stealing jam. Piaget called this:

1. AAutonomous morality (moral relativism)
2. BPost-conventional moral reasoning
3. CHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
4. DFormal operational moral thought

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. AInsecure-resistant
2. BInsecure-avoidant
3. CDisorganised
4. DSecure

According to Piaget, assimilation means:

1. AChanging an existing schema to fit new information
2. BCopying the behaviour of a model
3. CFitting new information into an existing schema
4. DForgetting an old schema

A longitudinal design is preferred over a cross-sectional design when a researcher wants to:

1. AAvoid any participant drop-out
2. BCompare different age groups at a single time point
3. CTrack how the same individuals change over time
4. DGet results as quickly as possible

Which finding challenges the idea that attachment forms only with the mother?

1. ASchaffer and Emerson found many infants form multiple attachments, including to fathers
2. BHarlow's monkeys preferred wire mothers
3. CBowlby found no effect of separation
4. DInfants only attach to the person who feeds them