Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A child says "I goed to the park" and "two mouses". This error is called:

1. AOverregularisation
2. BUnderextension
3. CTelegraphic speech
4. DBabbling

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

1. ATelegraphic speech
2. BCooing
3. CHolophrases
4. DBabbling

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is caused by:

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

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. CMental representation
4. DFormal operational thought

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. AInsecure-avoidant
2. BDisorganised
3. CInsecure-resistant
4. DSecure

Bowlby's "44 thieves" study linked early prolonged separation from the mother to:

1. AHigher intelligence scores
2. BEarly language development
3. CAffectionless psychopathy
4. DAdvanced moral reasoning

Temperament research by Thomas and Chess classified infants into which three main groups?

1. AIntroverted, extroverted and ambiverted
2. BSecure, avoidant and resistant
3. CEasy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up
4. DAuthoritative, authoritarian and permissive

Dodge found that aggressive children are more likely to think a peer who bumped into them did it on purpose, even when the situation was ambiguous. This is called:

1. AImaginary audience bias
2. BThe personal fable
3. CSelf-serving bias
4. DHostile attribution bias