Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A teratogen is:

1. AA hormone released by the placenta to start labour
2. BAn outside agent that can harm prenatal development
3. CA reflex that is present in newborn babies only
4. DA gene that controls the timing of puberty in teens

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

1. AJohn Bowlby
2. BLev Vygotsky
3. CLawrence Kohlberg
4. DJean Piaget

Repetitive syllables such as "ba-ba-ba" in an infant's vocalisations are called:

1. ACooing
2. BTelegraphic speech
3. CHolophrases
4. DBabbling

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

1. AChildren learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
2. BAggression is purely genetic
3. CChildren only imitate other children
4. DPunishment of a model always reduces children's aggression

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

1. ALow warmth with strict rules and very little explanation
2. BHigh warmth with high, clearly explained expectations
3. CHigh warmth with few rules or demands
4. DLow warmth and low involvement

The Sally–Anne task is used to test whether a child has:

1. ATheory of mind
2. BSecure attachment
3. CConservation of number
4. DObject permanence

Genie was isolated and given almost no language input until she was found at age 13. Later she learned many words but never mastered grammar. This case is often used to support:

1. AThe claim that grammar is learned faster than vocabulary
2. BThe idea that language is learned only through reinforcement
3. CThe idea that age has no effect on language learning
4. DA critical or sensitive period for language acquisition

On a visual cliff set to a moderate drop, most infants crossed when their mother smiled but few crossed when she showed fear. This shows:

1. AThat infants cannot perceive depth
2. BImprinting on the mother's face
3. CSocial referencing: using a caregiver's emotion to guide behaviour
4. DThat infants ignore their caregivers' facial expressions in new situations