Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

1. AIntimacy versus isolation
2. BTrust versus mistrust
3. CIdentity versus role confusion
4. DIntegrity versus despair

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

1. AAttachment style
2. BColour vision
3. CDepth perception
4. DLanguage comprehension

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

1. ACeiling effects
2. BOrder effects
3. CPractice effects
4. DCohort effects

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. BPrefer their own reflection
3. CCan tell two stimuli apart because interest returns when the stimulus changes
4. DAre born with full adult vision

A teenager drives dangerously, believing "accidents happen to other people, not to me". Elkind called this belief the:

1. AHostile attribution bias
2. BForeclosure
3. CPersonal fable
4. DImaginary audience

In Mischel's "marshmallow test", children could eat one treat now or wait to get two. The task measures:

1. AObject permanence
2. BAttachment security
3. CConservation
4. DDelay of gratification

In Tronick's "still-face" procedure, a mother suddenly stops responding and keeps a neutral face. Infants typically react by:

1. ASmiling and babbling much more than before the change
2. BTrying to re-engage her, then becoming upset and looking away
3. CTurning to the experimenter instead and staying calm throughout
4. DIgnoring the change and carrying on playing as before

Wynn showed 5-month-olds one doll, then a second doll being added behind a screen. When the screen dropped to reveal only one doll, infants looked longer. This suggests infants:

1. AHave basic expectations about small numbers
2. BHave already learned to count aloud
3. CCannot see objects behind screens
4. DPrefer one doll to two dolls