Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

In Piaget's theory, which stage comes first?

1. AFormal operational
2. BSensorimotor
3. CPreoperational
4. DConcrete operational

A child focuses only on the height of the liquid in a glass and ignores its width. Piaget called this:

1. AAccommodation
2. BAnimism
3. CCentration
4. DObject permanence

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is caused by:

1. AA single inherited gene
2. BAlcohol exposure before birth
3. CToo little sleep during infancy
4. DDrinking alcohol in early childhood

A student is actively trying out different majors and values but has not committed to any yet. In Marcia's model, this is:

1. AIdentity diffusion
2. BMoratorium
3. CIdentity achievement
4. DForeclosure

In Kohlberg's theory, a person who judges right and wrong mainly by avoiding punishment is at which level?

1. AFormal operational
2. BConventional
3. CPre-conventional
4. DPost-conventional

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

1. ALow warmth and low involvement
2. BLow warmth with strict rules and very little explanation
3. CHigh warmth with few rules or demands
4. DHigh warmth with high, clearly explained expectations

In a Bobo doll variation, children who saw a model punished imitated less aggression, but when all children were offered rewards to copy the model, the differences disappeared. This shows:

1. AA difference between learning a behaviour and performing it
2. BThat punishment prevents any learning
3. CThat aggression is entirely innate
4. DThat children learn only through direct reinforcement of their own actions

Rovee-Collier tied a ribbon from a mobile to infants' ankles so that kicking moved it. Days later, infants kicked more on seeing the same mobile. This shows that young infants:

1. AOnly remember things they can name
2. BRemember only events that happened to others
3. CCan retain learned associations over days
4. DCannot form any long-term memories