Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Who developed attachment theory?

1. AB. F. Skinner
2. BJohn Bowlby
3. CJean Piaget
4. DAlbert Bandura

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

1. AReversibility
2. BCentration
3. CEgocentrism
4. DAnimism

Bowlby's idea that infants form one special primary attachment, usually to the mother, is called:

1. AImprinting
2. BMonotropy
3. CTemperament
4. DScaffolding

Which attachment type is shown by an infant who is very distressed at separation and both seeks and resists contact at reunion?

1. AInsecure-resistant (ambivalent)
2. BSecure
3. CDisorganised only
4. DInsecure-avoidant

An infant in the Strange Situation approaches the parent with the head turned away, then freezes. Contradictory behaviour like this indicates which attachment type?

1. AInsecure-resistant
2. BSecure
3. CDisorganised
4. DInsecure-avoidant

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. BHolophrase
3. CMorpheme
4. DPhoneme

The pianist Arthur Rubinstein, in old age, played fewer pieces, practised them more and slowed down before fast passages to make them seem faster. This illustrates:

1. ASocioemotional selectivity only
2. BSelective optimisation with compensation
3. CIdentity foreclosure
4. DFluid intelligence improving with age

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

1. AShow no attachment at all
2. BDevelop formal operational thought earlier
3. CAre always insecure-avoidant
4. DAre securely attached in the Strange Situation