Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

In Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, a child's family, school and friends belong to the:

1. AMesosystem
2. BExosystem
3. CMacrosystem
4. DMicrosystem

Two toddlers play with blocks side by side but do not interact with each other. Parten called this:

1. ACooperative play
2. BParallel play
3. CSolitary play
4. DAssociative play

According to Erikson, the main conflict of infancy is:

1. AIndustry versus inferiority
2. BTrust versus mistrust
3. CInitiative versus guilt
4. DAutonomy versus shame and doubt

Kagan described some toddlers who are consistently shy, cautious and quiet with unfamiliar people and situations. This temperament is called:

1. ADisorganised attachment
2. BBehavioural inhibition
3. CIdentity diffusion
4. DLearned helplessness

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. ABabbling
2. BFast mapping
3. CTelegraphic speech
4. DOverextension

Young infants in English-speaking homes can tell apart some Hindi speech sounds that English-speaking adults cannot, but most lose this ability by about the end of the first year. This is called:

1. AFast mapping
2. BPerceptual narrowing
3. CHabituation
4. DOverregularisation

In Vygotsky's theory, private speech in young children is seen as:

1. AA symptom of a language delay
2. BA tool for guiding their own thinking that later becomes inner speech
3. CA sign of egocentrism with no function
4. DSpeech mainly intended to communicate information to other people nearby

Adolescents take more risks in a driving game when friends are watching, but adults are less affected. Steinberg explains this mainly by:

1. AAdolescents being unable to understand the rules of the driving game
2. BAdults being less aware of risks than adolescents are
3. CAdolescents having faster reaction times than adults do
4. DReward systems maturing earlier than prefrontal self-control