Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A child focuses only on the height of the liquid in a glass and ignores its width. Piaget called this:

1. AObject permanence
2. BAccommodation
3. CAnimism
4. DCentration

According to Erikson, the main conflict of infancy is:

1. AIndustry versus inferiority
2. BTrust versus mistrust
3. CAutonomy versus shame and doubt
4. DInitiative versus guilt

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 study finds that the heritability of height in a population is about 0.8. What does this mean?

1. A80% of each person's own height is caused by their genes
2. BHeight in that group cannot be changed by the environment
3. C80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes
4. D80% of people in that group inherit height from their mother

Kagan described some toddlers who are consistently shy, cautious and quiet with unfamiliar people and situations. This temperament is called:

1. ABehavioural inhibition
2. BLearned helplessness
3. CIdentity diffusion
4. DDisorganised attachment

Asked about the Heinz dilemma, a teenager says "Heinz should steal the drug because a good husband would do that for his wife". This reasoning is at Kohlberg's:

1. APost-conventional level
2. BSensorimotor level
3. CPre-conventional level
4. DConventional level

Hodges and Tizard followed children raised in institutions until after age 2, some later adopted and some returned to their birth families. At age 16, a common finding across both groups was:

1. AExceptionally high academic achievement
2. BComplete failure to form any family attachments
3. CNo differences at all from family-reared children
4. DDifficulties in peer relationships

In a Bobo doll variation, children who saw a model punished imitated less aggression, but when all children were offered rewards to copy the model, the differences disappeared. This shows:

1. AA difference between learning a behaviour and performing it
2. BThat children learn only through direct reinforcement of their own actions
3. CThat aggression is entirely innate
4. DThat punishment prevents any learning