Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Which period of prenatal development comes first?

1. AFetal
2. BEmbryonic
3. CNeonatal
4. DGerminal

Who introduced the "zone of proximal development"?

1. ALawrence Kohlberg
2. BJean Piaget
3. CJohn Bowlby
4. DLev Vygotsky

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

1. AObject permanence
2. BVisual self-recognition
3. CDepth perception
4. DUnderstanding false beliefs

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. AMoratorium
2. BIdentity achievement
3. CIdentity diffusion
4. DForeclosure

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

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

1. AMoral realism
2. BMental representation
3. CFormal operational thought
4. DConservation

For a trait, identical twins correlate 0.8 and fraternal twins correlate 0.5. Using Falconer's formula, the rough heritability estimate is:

1. A0.8
2. B0.4
3. C0.3
4. D0.6

Main's Adult Attachment Interview found that parents who describe their own childhood in a coherent, balanced way tend to have infants who:

1. ADevelop formal operational thought earlier
2. BAre always insecure-avoidant
3. CAre securely attached in the Strange Situation
4. DShow no attachment at all