Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A child who called every four-legged animal "dog" learns that cats are different and forms a new category. In Piaget's terms, this is:

1. AAssimilation
2. BEgocentrism
3. CConservation
4. DAccommodation

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

1. AImaginary audience
2. BPersonal fable
3. CIdentity crisis
4. DMoral realism

Bowlby's idea that infants form one special primary attachment, usually to the mother, is called:

1. AMonotropy
2. BImprinting
3. CTemperament
4. DScaffolding

A parent sets strict rules, expects obedience without discussion and says "Because I said so". This style is:

1. AAuthoritarian
2. BUninvolved
3. CAuthoritative
4. DPermissive

A toddler watches another child have a tantrum and copies it the next day. Piaget saw this deferred imitation as evidence of:

1. AMental representation
2. BConservation
3. CFormal operational thought
4. DMoral realism

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. CFast mapping
4. DOverextension

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 mothers in these samples were usually insensitive towards their infants
3. CJapanese infants are genetically more anxious than infants elsewhere
4. DJapanese fathers did most of the caregiving in these families

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