Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Parents who show little warmth and make few demands, and are largely disengaged from their child, show which style?

1. AAuthoritative
2. BAuthoritarian (strict)
3. CPermissive (indulgent)
4. DUninvolved (neglectful)

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is caused by:

1. AA single inherited gene
2. BToo little sleep during infancy
3. CAlcohol exposure before birth
4. DDrinking alcohol in early childhood

Understanding that an action can be mentally undone, such as pouring water back into the first glass, is called:

1. AEgocentrism
2. BAnimism
3. CReversibility
4. DCentration

A 1-year-old says "up!" while raising her arms, meaning "Pick me up". A single word used to express a whole idea is called a:

1. ATelegraphic sentence
2. BPhoneme
3. CHolophrase
4. DMorpheme

Which ability is most likely to decline from early adulthood onwards?

1. AGeneral knowledge about the world
2. BExpertise in one's own profession
3. CSpeed in solving new, unfamiliar problems
4. DKnowledge of word meanings

Scaffolding refers to:

1. ABuilding one fixed curriculum that every child must follow in order
2. BLetting children discover everything alone
3. CSupport given to a learner that is reduced as competence grows
4. DPunishing errors so they are not repeated

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

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

Hodges and Tizard followed children raised in institutions until after age 2, some later adopted and some returned to their birth families. At age 16, a common finding across both groups was:

1. ANo differences at all from family-reared children
2. BComplete failure to form any family attachments
3. CExceptionally high academic achievement
4. DDifficulties in peer relationships