Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Knowledge and vocabulary built up over a lifetime, which tend to stay stable or grow with age, are called:

1. AProcessing speed
2. BCrystallised intelligence
3. CEmotional intelligence
4. DFluid intelligence

Conservation is the understanding that:

1. AObjects exist when out of sight
2. BOther people have beliefs
3. CQuantity stays the same when its appearance changes
4. DRules of a game can be changed if all the players agree

Two toddlers play with blocks side by side but do not interact with each other. Parten called this:

1. ACooperative play
2. BSolitary play
3. CAssociative play
4. DParallel play

Kagan described some toddlers who are consistently shy, cautious and quiet with unfamiliar people and situations. This temperament is called:

1. ALearned helplessness
2. BBehavioural inhibition
3. CIdentity diffusion
4. DDisorganised attachment

Habituation in infant research is used to show that babies:

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

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. CTelegraphic speech
4. DBabbling

Hazan and Shaver's "love quiz" found that adults' romantic attachment styles:

1. AWere completely unrelated to how people recalled their childhood
2. BChanged completely from one relationship to the next at random
3. CMatched infant type proportions and related to recalled childhood care
4. DWere nearly all insecure-avoidant, unlike the proportions of infant types

Which of these is a key criticism of Kohlberg's theory of moral development?

1. AIt was based mainly on male participants and emphasised justice over care
2. BIt claimed moral development ends at age 5
3. CIt ignored moral reasoning completely
4. DIt was tested only on animals