Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Understanding that an action can be mentally undone, such as pouring water back into the first glass, is called:

1. AAnimism
2. BCentration
3. CReversibility
4. DEgocentrism

Which period of prenatal development comes first?

1. AEmbryonic
2. BFetal
3. CNeonatal
4. DGerminal

A teratogen is:

1. AA gene that controls the timing of puberty in teens
2. BA hormone released by the placenta to start labour
3. CAn outside agent that can harm prenatal development
4. DA reflex that is present in newborn babies only

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. B80% of people in that group inherit height from their mother
3. CHeight in that group cannot be changed by the environment
4. D80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes

In Mischel's "marshmallow test", children could eat one treat now or wait to get two. The task measures:

1. AAttachment security
2. BObject permanence
3. CDelay of gratification
4. DConservation

The Sally–Anne task is used to test whether a child has:

1. AConservation of number
2. BSecure attachment
3. CTheory of mind
4. DObject permanence

The pianist Arthur Rubinstein, in old age, played fewer pieces, practised them more and slowed down before fast passages to make them seem faster. This illustrates:

1. AFluid intelligence improving with age
2. BIdentity foreclosure
3. CSocioemotional selectivity only
4. DSelective optimisation with compensation

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. AA failure to conserve quantity
2. BA lack of object permanence
3. CAn advanced theory of mind
4. DDifficulty understanding false beliefs