Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

According to Erikson, the main challenge of young adulthood is:

1. AGenerativity versus stagnation
2. BIdentity versus role confusion
3. CIntimacy versus isolation
4. DIntegrity versus despair

The "rouge test", in which a mark is placed on a child's nose before they look in a mirror, measures:

1. ADepth perception
2. BUnderstanding false beliefs
3. CVisual self-recognition
4. DObject permanence

According to Erikson, the main conflict of infancy is:

1. AInitiative versus guilt
2. BTrust versus mistrust
3. CIndustry versus inferiority
4. DAutonomy versus shame and doubt

Young infants in English-speaking homes can tell apart some Hindi speech sounds that English-speaking adults cannot, but most lose this ability by about the end of the first year. This is called:

1. AOverregularisation
2. BFast mapping
3. CPerceptual narrowing
4. DHabituation

An 18-year-old becomes a dentist like her parents expected, without ever considering other options. In Marcia's model, her identity status is:

1. AIdentity diffusion
2. BIdentity achievement
3. CMoratorium
4. DForeclosure

A 3-year-old hears a new word once, "This is the chromium tray", and later picks out the correct tray. This is called:

1. AFast mapping
2. BBabbling
3. CTelegraphic speech
4. DOverextension

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. BAre always insecure-avoidant
3. CDevelop formal operational thought earlier
4. DAre securely attached in the Strange Situation

Which finding is a major criticism of Piaget's formal operational stage?

1. AFormal operations usually appear before concrete operations
2. BMost children reach formal operations by about age 5
3. CMany adults do not reason formally, and it depends on schooling
4. DAdolescents cannot think abstractly at all, even with specific training