Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

1. AJean Piaget
2. BLev Vygotsky
3. CLawrence Kohlberg
4. DJohn Bowlby

A child who called every four-legged animal "dog" learns that cats are different and forms a new category. In Piaget's terms, this is:

1. AConservation
2. BAccommodation
3. CEgocentrism
4. DAssimilation

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

1. ATrust versus mistrust
2. BIdentity versus role confusion
3. CIntimacy versus isolation
4. DIntegrity versus despair

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. AFormal operational moral thought
2. BPost-conventional moral reasoning
3. CHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
4. DAutonomous morality (moral relativism)

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

1. ALong sentences with complex grammar
2. BHigher pitch and exaggerated intonation
3. CA flat, quiet and monotonous tone
4. DFast speech with very few pauses

A 3-year-old hears a new word once, "This is the chromium tray", and later picks out the correct tray. This is called:

1. ATelegraphic speech
2. BOverextension
3. CFast mapping
4. DBabbling

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

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

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. BTrack how the same individuals change over time
3. CAvoid any participant drop-out
4. DGet results as quickly as possible