Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A preoperational child says the sun is following her because it wants to play. This is an example of:

1. AReversibility
2. BAnimism
3. CSeriation
4. DConservation

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

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

Conservation is the understanding that:

1. ARules of a game can be changed if all the players agree
2. BOther people have beliefs
3. CObjects exist when out of sight
4. DQuantity stays the same when its appearance changes

In Vygotsky's theory, an older sibling who helps a child learn to tie shoelaces is acting as:

1. AA primary attachment figure
2. BA formal operational thinker
3. CAn imaginary audience
4. DA more knowledgeable other

A 5-year-old says a boy who broke 15 cups by accident is naughtier than a boy who broke 1 cup while stealing jam. Piaget called this:

1. AHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
2. BAutonomous morality (moral relativism)
3. CPost-conventional moral reasoning
4. DFormal operational moral thought

Which feature is typical of infant-directed speech ("parentese")?

1. AHigher pitch and exaggerated intonation
2. BA flat, quiet and monotonous tone
3. CFast speech with very few pauses
4. DLong sentences with complex grammar

A longitudinal design is preferred over a cross-sectional design when a researcher wants to:

1. ACompare different age groups at a single time point
2. BAvoid any participant drop-out
3. CGet results as quickly as possible
4. DTrack how the same individuals change over time

Which finding challenges the idea that attachment forms only with the mother?

1. AHarlow's monkeys preferred wire mothers
2. BBowlby found no effect of separation
3. CSchaffer and Emerson found many infants form multiple attachments, including to fathers
4. DInfants only attach to the person who feeds them