Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Parents who are warm and affectionate but set few rules or demands show which style?

1. APermissive
2. BUninvolved
3. CAuthoritative
4. DAuthoritarian

In Piaget's theory, which stage comes first?

1. AFormal operational
2. BPreoperational
3. CSensorimotor
4. DConcrete operational

Which researcher used the "Strange Situation" to classify attachment types?

1. AHarry Harlow
2. BLev Vygotsky
3. CMary Ainsworth
4. DErik Erikson

A teenager drives dangerously, believing "accidents happen to other people, not to me". Elkind called this belief the:

1. APersonal fable
2. BImaginary audience
3. CHostile attribution bias
4. DForeclosure

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. AForeclosure
2. BMoratorium
3. CIdentity achievement
4. DIdentity diffusion

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. ATelegraphic speech
2. BFast mapping
3. COverextension
4. DBabbling

Parents who love reading pass on genes linked to verbal ability and also fill the house with books. This is which gene–environment correlation?

1. AGene–environment interaction
2. BPassive
3. CActive (niche-picking)
4. DEvocative

According to Erikson, older adults who look back on life with a sense of fulfilment achieve:

1. AIntimacy
2. BGenerativity
3. CIntegrity
4. DIndustry