Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Harlow's monkey experiments showed that infant monkeys preferred:

1. ABeing alone to having any mother
2. BOther infant monkeys only
3. CA soft cloth mother without food over a wire mother with food
4. DA wire mother with food over a cloth mother without any food

Who developed attachment theory?

1. AJean Piaget
2. BAlbert Bandura
3. CB. F. Skinner
4. DJohn Bowlby

Which period of prenatal development comes first?

1. AFetal
2. BNeonatal
3. CEmbryonic
4. DGerminal

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. BDisorganised only
3. CInsecure-avoidant
4. DSecure

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

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

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. AMorpheme
2. BPhoneme
3. CTelegraphic sentence
4. DHolophrase

A child is shown a Smarties tube, guesses it contains sweets, and finds pencils. Asked what a friend who has not looked will think is inside, a typical 3-year-old says "pencils". This shows:

1. AAn advanced theory of mind
2. BA lack of object permanence
3. CDifficulty understanding false beliefs
4. DA failure to conserve quantity

In Vygotsky's theory, private speech in young children is seen as:

1. AA symptom of a language delay
2. BSpeech mainly intended to communicate information to other people nearby
3. CA sign of egocentrism with no function
4. DA tool for guiding their own thinking that later becomes inner speech