Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A girl's first menstrual period is called:

1. AMenopause
2. BAdrenarche
3. CSpermarche
4. DMenarche

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

1. AIntimacy versus isolation
2. BIntegrity versus despair
3. CIdentity versus role confusion
4. DTrust versus mistrust

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is caused by:

1. AToo little sleep during infancy
2. BDrinking alcohol in early childhood
3. CA single inherited gene
4. DAlcohol exposure before birth

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

1. AConservation
2. BFormal operational thought
3. CMoral realism
4. DMental representation

According to Piaget, assimilation means:

1. AForgetting an old schema
2. BCopying the behaviour of a model
3. CFitting new information into an existing schema
4. DChanging an existing schema to fit new information

Someone argues that Heinz should steal the drug because the right to life is more important than any property law. This reasoning is:

1. APre-conventional
2. BHeteronomous
3. CConventional
4. DPost-conventional

Hazan and Shaver's "love quiz" found that adults' romantic attachment styles:

1. AWere completely unrelated to how people recalled their childhood
2. BChanged completely from one relationship to the next at random
3. CWere nearly all insecure-avoidant, unlike the proportions of infant types
4. DMatched infant type proportions and related to recalled childhood care

Wynn showed 5-month-olds one doll, then a second doll being added behind a screen. When the screen dropped to reveal only one doll, infants looked longer. This suggests infants:

1. AHave already learned to count aloud
2. BHave basic expectations about small numbers
3. CCannot see objects behind screens
4. DPrefer one doll to two dolls