Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. ALanguage comprehension
2. BColour vision
3. CAttachment style
4. DDepth perception

The "rouge test", in which a mark is placed on a child's nose before they look in a mirror, measures:

1. ADepth perception
2. BObject permanence
3. CUnderstanding false beliefs
4. DVisual self-recognition

Repetitive syllables such as "ba-ba-ba" in an infant's vocalisations are called:

1. ABabbling
2. BCooing
3. CHolophrases
4. DTelegraphic speech

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. BIdentity achievement
3. CIdentity diffusion
4. DForeclosure

Children get better at ignoring distractions and switching between tasks through childhood and adolescence. This improvement in executive function is linked mainly to maturation of the:

1. APrefrontal cortex
2. BBrainstem
3. COccipital lobe
4. DCerebellum

Bowlby's "44 thieves" study linked early prolonged separation from the mother to:

1. AAffectionless psychopathy
2. BEarly language development
3. CAdvanced moral reasoning
4. DHigher intelligence scores

Harlow's monkeys raised in isolation with only surrogate mothers later showed which outcome?

1. ACompletely normal adult social behaviour
2. BAbnormal social behaviour and difficulty caring for their own young
3. CBetter problem solving than monkeys that had been reared by real mothers
4. DStrong attachment to the wire mother as adults

Genie was isolated and given almost no language input until she was found at age 13. Later she learned many words but never mastered grammar. This case is often used to support:

1. AThe claim that grammar is learned faster than vocabulary
2. BA critical or sensitive period for language acquisition
3. CThe idea that language is learned only through reinforcement
4. DThe idea that age has no effect on language learning