Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Gibson and Walk's "visual cliff" was designed to study infants':

  1. AAttachment style
  2. BDepth perception
  3. CLanguage comprehension
  4. DColour vision
2.Easy

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

  1. AAnimism
  2. BSeriation
  3. CConservation
  4. DReversibility
3.Easy

Differences between age groups that are caused by growing up in different historical times are called:

  1. ACeiling effects
  2. BPractice effects
  3. CCohort effects
  4. DOrder effects
4.Medium

Habituation in infant research is used to show that babies:

  1. ABecome drowsy and sleep more when the same stimulus is presented over and over again
  2. BPrefer their own reflection
  3. CAre born with full adult vision
  4. DCan tell two stimuli apart because interest returns when the stimulus changes
5.Medium

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

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

Which feature is typical of infant-directed speech ("parentese")?

  1. ALong sentences with complex grammar
  2. BFast speech with very few pauses
  3. CA flat, quiet and monotonous tone
  4. DHigher pitch and exaggerated intonation
7.Hard

Turiel found that young children say hitting is wrong even if a teacher allows it, but wearing pyjamas to school is fine if the teacher allows it. This suggests children:

  1. ADistinguish moral rules from social conventions early
  2. BHave no understanding of rules before age 7
  3. CJudge all rules only by adult authority
  4. DThink that clothing rules are more serious than hitting
8.Hard

In Tronick's "still-face" procedure, a mother suddenly stops responding and keeps a neutral face. Infants typically react by:

  1. ASmiling and babbling much more than before the change
  2. BIgnoring the change and carrying on playing as before
  3. CTurning to the experimenter instead and staying calm throughout
  4. DTrying to re-engage her, then becoming upset and looking away

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Depth perception
  2. 2. A · Animism
  3. 3. C · Cohort effects
  4. 4. D · Can tell two stimuli apart because interest returns when the stimulus changes
  5. 5. A · Children learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
  6. 6. D · Higher pitch and exaggerated intonation
  7. 7. A · Distinguish moral rules from social conventions early
  8. 8. D · Trying to re-engage her, then becoming upset and looking away

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