Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Understanding that an action can be mentally undone, such as pouring water back into the first glass, is called:

1. AAnimism
2. BReversibility
3. CCentration
4. DEgocentrism

A toddler says "Daddy go car" and "want milk". This stage of language is called:

1. ABabbling
2. BCooing
3. CTelegraphic speech
4. DOverregularisation

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

1. ALanguage comprehension
2. BDepth perception
3. CColour vision
4. DAttachment style

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

1. AConservation
2. BMental representation
3. CMoral realism
4. DFormal operational thought

An 18-year-old becomes a dentist like her parents expected, without ever considering other options. In Marcia's model, her identity status is:

1. AIdentity achievement
2. BIdentity diffusion
3. CForeclosure
4. DMoratorium

According to Piaget, assimilation means:

1. ACopying the behaviour of a model
2. BForgetting an old schema
3. CChanging an existing schema to fit new information
4. DFitting new information into an existing schema

In Vygotsky's theory, private speech in young children is seen as:

1. AA symptom of a language delay
2. BA tool for guiding their own thinking that later becomes inner speech
3. CA sign of egocentrism with no function
4. DSpeech mainly intended to communicate information to other people nearby

In sociometric studies, how do "rejected" children differ from "neglected" children?

1. ANeglected children are the most actively disliked in the class
2. BRejected children are disliked; neglected ones are rarely named
3. CThe two groups get exactly the same pattern of nominations
4. DRejected children are named as liked more often than other children