Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A teenager feels that everyone at school will notice a small spot on her face. Elkind called this belief the:

  1. AImaginary audience
  2. BIdentity crisis
  3. CPersonal fable
  4. DMoral realism
2.Easy

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

  1. AEmotional intelligence
  2. BCrystallised intelligence
  3. CFluid intelligence
  4. DProcessing speed
3.Easy

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is caused by:

  1. ADrinking alcohol in early childhood
  2. BA single inherited gene
  3. CAlcohol exposure before birth
  4. DToo little sleep during infancy
4.Medium

An infant in the Strange Situation approaches the parent with the head turned away, then freezes. Contradictory behaviour like this indicates which attachment type?

  1. AInsecure-resistant
  2. BInsecure-avoidant
  3. CSecure
  4. DDisorganised
5.Medium

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

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

Which statement about the formal operational stage is correct?

  1. AChildren cannot yet use symbols
  2. BChildren first develop object permanence
  3. CAdolescents can reason about abstract and hypothetical problems
  4. DThinking is limited to concrete objects that are physically in front of them
7.Hard

Harlow's monkeys raised in isolation with only surrogate mothers later showed which outcome?

  1. ACompletely normal adult social behaviour
  2. BBetter problem solving than monkeys that had been reared by real mothers
  3. CStrong attachment to the wire mother as adults
  4. DAbnormal social behaviour and difficulty caring for their own young
8.Hard

A critic argues that Piaget underestimated young children. Which finding supports this?

  1. AChildren conserve number earlier when the task is changed so the transformation seems accidental
  2. BInfants show no memory of hidden objects at all
  3. CChildren never pass false-belief tasks before age 7
  4. DAdults rarely reason abstractly

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Imaginary audience
  2. 2. B · Crystallised intelligence
  3. 3. C · Alcohol exposure before birth
  4. 4. D · Disorganised
  5. 5. A · High warmth with high, clearly explained expectations
  6. 6. C · Adolescents can reason about abstract and hypothetical problems
  7. 7. D · Abnormal social behaviour and difficulty caring for their own young
  8. 8. A · Children conserve number earlier when the task is changed so the transformation seems accidental

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