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. AAuthoritarian (strict)
2. BAuthoritative
3. CUninvolved (neglectful)
4. DPermissive (indulgent)

A teratogen is:

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

A baby throws its arms outwards and then pulls them in after a sudden loud noise. This is the:

1. AMoro reflex
2. BRooting reflex
3. CStepping reflex
4. DSucking reflex

A parent's stressful workplace affects a child's home life, although the child never goes there. In Bronfenbrenner's theory, the workplace is part of the child's:

1. AMesosystem
2. BChronosystem
3. CMicrosystem
4. DExosystem

In Vygotsky's theory, an older sibling who helps a child learn to tie shoelaces is acting as:

1. AA more knowledgeable other
2. BAn imaginary audience
3. CA formal operational thinker
4. DA primary attachment figure

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

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

Van IJzendoorn and Kroonenberg's meta-analysis of Strange Situation studies in many countries found that:

1. AAvoidant attachment was the most common type in nearly every country studied
2. BSecure was most common everywhere; variation within countries was larger
3. CSecure attachment was common only in Western, individualist countries
4. DAttachment type proportions were the same in every country studied

Temperament research by Thomas and Chess classified infants into which three main groups?

1. ASecure, avoidant and resistant
2. BIntroverted, extroverted and ambiverted
3. CAuthoritative, authoritarian and permissive
4. DEasy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up