Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

According to Erikson, the main conflict of infancy is:

  1. AInitiative versus guilt
  2. BIndustry versus inferiority
  3. CAutonomy versus shame and doubt
  4. DTrust versus mistrust
2.Easy

Conservation is the understanding that:

  1. ARules of a game can be changed if all the players agree
  2. BQuantity stays the same when its appearance changes
  3. COther people have beliefs
  4. DObjects exist when out of sight
3.Easy

Wariness or fear when an unfamiliar person approaches, typically appearing in the second half of the first year, is called:

  1. ASeparation anxiety
  2. BStranger anxiety
  3. CSocial referencing
  4. DImprinting
4.Medium

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. AFormal operational moral thought
  2. BPost-conventional moral reasoning
  3. CHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
  4. DAutonomous morality (moral relativism)
5.Medium

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

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

A 9-month-old finds a toy hidden under cloth A several times. The toy is then hidden under cloth B in full view, but the infant searches under A again. This is:

  1. ACentration
  2. BConservation failure
  3. CThe A-not-B error
  4. DAnimism
7.Hard

Dodge found that aggressive children are more likely to think a peer who bumped into them did it on purpose, even when the situation was ambiguous. This is called:

  1. ASelf-serving bias
  2. BImaginary audience bias
  3. CHostile attribution bias
  4. DThe personal fable
8.Hard

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

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

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Trust versus mistrust
  2. 2. B · Quantity stays the same when its appearance changes
  3. 3. B · Stranger anxiety
  4. 4. C · Heteronomous morality (moral realism)
  5. 5. B · High warmth with high, clearly explained expectations
  6. 6. C · The A-not-B error
  7. 7. C · Hostile attribution bias
  8. 8. A · Trying to re-engage her, then becoming upset and looking away

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