Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AUnderstanding false beliefs
2. BDepth perception
3. CVisual self-recognition
4. DObject permanence

A teenager feels that everyone at school will notice a small spot on her face. Elkind called this belief the:

1. AImaginary audience
2. BIdentity crisis
3. CPersonal fable
4. DMoral realism

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

1. AUnderextension
2. BTelegraphic speech
3. COverregularisation
4. DBabbling

In Vygotsky's theory, an older sibling who helps a child learn to tie shoelaces is acting as:

1. AAn imaginary audience
2. BA primary attachment figure
3. CA formal operational thinker
4. DA more knowledgeable other

A 3-year-old hears a new word once, "This is the chromium tray", and later picks out the correct tray. This is called:

1. AFast mapping
2. BOverextension
3. CBabbling
4. DTelegraphic speech

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

1. AEarly language development
2. BHigher intelligence scores
3. CAdvanced moral reasoning
4. DAffectionless psychopathy

A critic argues that Piaget underestimated young children. Which finding supports this?

1. AInfants show no memory of hidden objects at all
2. BChildren conserve number earlier when the task is changed so the transformation seems accidental
3. CAdults rarely reason abstractly
4. DChildren never pass false-belief tasks before age 7

Cross-sectional studies suggested large declines in intelligence after middle age, but Schaie's longitudinal data showed smaller declines. A main reason for the difference is:

1. ALongitudinal studies always use younger samples
2. BIntelligence tests do not work with older adults
3. CCohort effects, such as differences in education between generations
4. DCross-sectional studies follow the same people over a long period of time