Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

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

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

  1. AUninvolved
  2. BAuthoritarian
  3. CPermissive
  4. DAuthoritative
3.Easy

According to Erikson, the main challenge of young adulthood is:

  1. AIdentity versus role confusion
  2. BIntegrity versus despair
  3. CIntimacy versus isolation
  4. DGenerativity versus stagnation
4.Medium

A 9-month-old finds a toy hidden under cloth A several times. The toy is then hidden under cloth B in full view, but the infant searches under A again. This is:

  1. AAnimism
  2. BConservation failure
  3. CThe A-not-B error
  4. DCentration
5.Medium

In Mischel's "marshmallow test", children could eat one treat now or wait to get two. The task measures:

  1. ADelay of gratification
  2. BConservation
  3. CObject permanence
  4. DAttachment security
6.Medium

The Sally–Anne task is used to test whether a child has:

  1. AObject permanence
  2. BSecure attachment
  3. CConservation of number
  4. DTheory of mind
7.Hard

On a visual cliff set to a moderate drop, most infants crossed when their mother smiled but few crossed when she showed fear. This shows:

  1. AThat infants cannot perceive depth
  2. BSocial referencing: using a caregiver's emotion to guide behaviour
  3. CThat infants ignore their caregivers' facial expressions in new situations
  4. DImprinting on the mother's face
8.Hard

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

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

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Mary Ainsworth
  2. 2. C · Permissive
  3. 3. C · Intimacy versus isolation
  4. 4. C · The A-not-B error
  5. 5. A · Delay of gratification
  6. 6. D · Theory of mind
  7. 7. B · Social referencing: using a caregiver's emotion to guide behaviour
  8. 8. A · A tool for guiding their own thinking that later becomes inner speech

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