Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Parents who show little warmth and make few demands, and are largely disengaged from their child, show which style?

1. AAuthoritative
2. BUninvolved (neglectful)
3. CPermissive (indulgent)
4. DAuthoritarian (strict)

At what age do most children say their first words?

1. AAround 12 months
2. BAround 5 years
3. CAround 30 months
4. DAround 3 months

Noam Chomsky proposed that children have an innate "language acquisition device". This view emphasises:

1. ABiological readiness to learn language
2. BLanguage as a product of formal schooling
3. CImitation as the only source of grammar
4. DLearning language only through reinforcement

A parent's stressful workplace affects a child's home life, although the child never goes there. In Bronfenbrenner's theory, the workplace is part of the child's:

1. AMicrosystem
2. BMesosystem
3. CExosystem
4. DChronosystem

Older adults often prefer spending time with a few close friends rather than meeting new people. Carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory explains this as:

1. AA decline in crystallised intelligence and memory
2. BA gradual loss of social skills that tends to come with increasing age
3. CFear of strangers that grows steadily in later life
4. DFocusing on emotionally meaningful goals as time feels shorter

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

1. AHigh warmth with high, clearly explained expectations
2. BLow warmth with strict rules and very little explanation
3. CLow warmth and low involvement
4. DHigh warmth with few rules or demands

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

1. ALet pupils discover the rules alone with no adult guidance
2. BTeach only the tasks that pupils can already complete independently, without any help
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

An irritable, difficult baby tends to receive harsher parenting than a calm baby. This is an example of which gene–environment correlation?

1. APassive
2. BEvocative
3. CGene–environment independence
4. DActive (niche-picking)