Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A teratogen is:

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

Egocentrism in Piaget's preoperational stage means children:

  1. AFind it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
  2. BAre selfish and refuse to share their toys with other children
  3. COnly think about food
  4. DPrefer to play alone
3.Easy

A toddler says "Daddy go car" and "want milk". This stage of language is called:

  1. ATelegraphic speech
  2. BCooing
  3. COverregularisation
  4. DBabbling
4.Medium

An infant in the Strange Situation approaches the parent with the head turned away, then freezes. Contradictory behaviour like this indicates which attachment type?

  1. ADisorganised
  2. BInsecure-avoidant
  3. CSecure
  4. DInsecure-resistant
5.Medium

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. BMoral realism
  3. CFormal operational thought
  4. DMental representation
6.Medium

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
7.Hard

Turiel found that young children say hitting is wrong even if a teacher allows it, but wearing pyjamas to school is fine if the teacher allows it. This suggests children:

  1. AJudge all rules only by adult authority
  2. BThink that clothing rules are more serious than hitting
  3. CDistinguish moral rules from social conventions early
  4. DHave no understanding of rules before age 7
8.Hard

Baron-Cohen, Leslie and Frith gave the Sally–Anne task to autistic children, children with Down syndrome and typical children. Most autistic children failed, while most children with Down syndrome passed. Why was the Down syndrome group important?

  1. AIt showed autistic children have poor eyesight
  2. BIt showed the task is too hard for anyone under 10
  3. CIt showed that all three groups have exactly the same theory of mind
  4. DIt showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age

Answer key

  1. 1. A · An outside agent that can harm prenatal development
  2. 2. A · Find it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
  3. 3. A · Telegraphic speech
  4. 4. A · Disorganised
  5. 5. D · Mental representation
  6. 6. C · 80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes
  7. 7. C · Distinguish moral rules from social conventions early
  8. 8. D · It showed the failure was not simply due to low general mental age

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