Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AVisual self-recognition
2. BDepth perception
3. CUnderstanding false beliefs
4. DObject permanence

Repetitive syllables such as "ba-ba-ba" in an infant's vocalisations are called:

1. AHolophrases
2. BTelegraphic speech
3. CCooing
4. DBabbling

Differences between age groups that are caused by growing up in different historical times are called:

1. APractice effects
2. BCeiling effects
3. CCohort effects
4. DOrder effects

A toddler watches another child have a tantrum and copies it the next day. Piaget saw this deferred imitation as evidence of:

1. AFormal operational thought
2. BMental representation
3. CMoral realism
4. DConservation

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. AOverextension
2. BTelegraphic speech
3. CFast mapping
4. DBabbling

Fantz showed infants pairs of patterns and measured how long they looked at each. Many young infants looked longest at:

1. AFace-like patterns
2. BBlank grey cards
3. CPlain coloured discs
4. DPrinted text

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

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

Ainsworth's sensitivity hypothesis proposes that secure attachment results mainly from:

1. AThe amount of time the infant spends with any adult
2. BThe infant's genetic temperament only
3. CThe caregiver responding promptly and appropriately to the infant's signals
4. DStrict feeding schedules