Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A preoperational child says the sun is following her because it wants to play. This is an example of:

1. ASeriation
2. BReversibility
3. CConservation
4. DAnimism

Differences between age groups that are caused by growing up in different historical times are called:

1. AOrder effects
2. BCohort effects
3. CCeiling effects
4. DPractice effects

A girl's first menstrual period is called:

1. AMenarche
2. BAdrenarche
3. CMenopause
4. DSpermarche

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

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

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. AHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
2. BAutonomous morality (moral relativism)
3. CPost-conventional moral reasoning
4. DFormal operational moral thought

Fantz showed infants pairs of patterns and measured how long they looked at each. Many young infants looked longest at:

1. ABlank grey cards
2. BFace-like patterns
3. CPlain coloured discs
4. DPrinted text

Main's Adult Attachment Interview found that parents who describe their own childhood in a coherent, balanced way tend to have infants who:

1. AAre always insecure-avoidant
2. BAre securely attached in the Strange Situation
3. CShow no attachment at all
4. DDevelop formal operational thought earlier

Samuel and Bryant asked children about conservation only once, after the transformation, instead of before and after. Their results showed that:

1. AThe number of questions asked made no difference to the results
2. BNo child could conserve before age 11 in either version of the task
3. CChildren did worse than in Piaget's version, so he overestimated them
4. DChildren did better, suggesting the two-question format misled them