Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A baby throws its arms outwards and then pulls them in after a sudden loud noise. This is the:

1. ARooting reflex
2. BStepping reflex
3. CMoro reflex
4. DSucking reflex

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

1. AOverregularisation
2. BTelegraphic speech
3. CUnderextension
4. DBabbling

Differences between age groups that are caused by growing up in different historical times are called:

1. ACohort effects
2. BPractice effects
3. CCeiling effects
4. DOrder effects

Baillargeon found that young infants looked longer at "impossible" events, such as a screen rotating through a box behind it. This suggests infants:

1. AKnow hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
2. BHave no memory for events that they cannot see
3. CCannot perceive objects at all once they move behind screens
4. DPrefer moving screens to objects that stay still

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. AFocusing on emotionally meaningful goals as time feels shorter
2. BFear of strangers that grows steadily in later life
3. CA gradual loss of social skills that tends to come with increasing age
4. DA decline in crystallised intelligence and memory

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

1. AForeclosure
2. BPersonal fable
3. CImaginary audience
4. DHostile attribution bias

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

The concept of "internal working model" in attachment theory refers to:

1. AA computer model of child development
2. BA mental representation of relationships based on early attachment experiences
3. CA plan made by parents for their child's education
4. DThe infant's memory for faces only