Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. APermissive
  2. BUninvolved
  3. CAuthoritarian
  4. DAuthoritative
2.Easy

At what age do most children say their first words?

  1. AAround 5 years
  2. BAround 3 months
  3. CAround 12 months
  4. DAround 30 months
3.Easy

Gibson and Walk's "visual cliff" was designed to study infants':

  1. AAttachment style
  2. BColour vision
  3. CLanguage comprehension
  4. DDepth perception
4.Medium

Which attachment type is shown by an infant who is very distressed at separation and both seeks and resists contact at reunion?

  1. ASecure
  2. BInsecure-resistant (ambivalent)
  3. CInsecure-avoidant
  4. DDisorganised only
5.Medium

Habituation in infant research is used to show that babies:

  1. ABecome drowsy and sleep more when the same stimulus is presented over and over again
  2. BAre born with full adult vision
  3. CCan tell two stimuli apart because interest returns when the stimulus changes
  4. DPrefer their own reflection
6.Medium

In the Strange Situation, an infant shows little distress when the mother leaves and ignores or turns away from her when she returns. This infant is classed as:

  1. ASecurely attached
  2. BInsecure-resistant
  3. CDisorganised
  4. DInsecure-avoidant
7.Hard

Baron-Cohen, Leslie and Frith gave the Sally–Anne task to autistic children, children with Down syndrome and typical children. Most autistic children failed, while most children with Down syndrome passed. Why was the Down syndrome group important?

  1. AIt showed the task is too hard for anyone under 10
  2. BIt showed autistic children have poor eyesight
  3. CIt showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age
  4. DIt showed that all three groups have exactly the same theory of mind
8.Hard

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

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

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Permissive
  2. 2. C · Around 12 months
  3. 3. D · Depth perception
  4. 4. B · Insecure-resistant (ambivalent)
  5. 5. C · Can tell two stimuli apart because interest returns when the stimulus changes
  6. 6. D · Insecure-avoidant
  7. 7. C · It showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age
  8. 8. B · Children conserve number earlier when the task is changed so the transformation seems accidental

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