Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. AOverregularisation
  2. BUnderextension
  3. CTelegraphic speech
  4. DBabbling
2.Easy

Harlow's monkey experiments showed that infant monkeys preferred:

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

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

  1. APermissive
  2. BUninvolved
  3. CAuthoritative
  4. DAuthoritarian
4.Medium

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

  1. AMoral realism
  2. BMental representation
  3. CFormal operational thought
  4. DConservation
5.Medium

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

  1. APunishment of a model always reduces children's aggression
  2. BChildren only imitate other children
  3. CChildren learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
  4. DAggression is purely genetic
6.Medium

Baillargeon found that young infants looked longer at "impossible" events, such as a screen rotating through a box behind it. This suggests infants:

  1. APrefer moving screens to objects that stay still
  2. BHave no memory for events that they cannot see
  3. CCannot perceive objects at all once they move behind screens
  4. DKnow hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
7.Hard

Rovee-Collier tied a ribbon from a mobile to infants' ankles so that kicking moved it. Days later, infants kicked more on seeing the same mobile. This shows that young infants:

  1. AOnly remember things they can name
  2. BCannot form any long-term memories
  3. CCan retain learned associations over days
  4. DRemember only events that happened to others
8.Hard

A teacher plans maths lessons. Which plan fits Vygotsky's view better than Piaget's?

  1. ATeach only the tasks that pupils can already complete independently, without any help
  2. BLet pupils discover the rules alone with no adult guidance
  3. CWait until pupils reach the right stage before teaching the topic
  4. DPair pupils with a more skilled partner and give guided help just beyond their level

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Overregularisation
  2. 2. A · A soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
  3. 3. A · Permissive
  4. 4. B · Mental representation
  5. 5. C · Children learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
  6. 6. D · Know hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
  7. 7. C · Can retain learned associations over days
  8. 8. D · Pair pupils with a more skilled partner and give guided help just beyond their level

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