Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A preoperational child says the sun is following her because it wants to play. This is an example of:

1. AReversibility
2. BConservation
3. CAnimism
4. DSeriation

Parents who show little warmth and make few demands, and are largely disengaged from their child, show which style?

1. AUninvolved (neglectful)
2. BAuthoritarian (strict)
3. CPermissive (indulgent)
4. DAuthoritative

A child understands that she will stay a girl even if she cuts her hair short or plays football. Kohlberg called this:

1. AGender role
2. BGender typing
3. CGender schema
4. DGender constancy

A study finds that the heritability of height in a population is about 0.8. What does this mean?

1. A80% of people in that group inherit height from their mother
2. B80% of each person's own height is caused by their genes
3. CHeight in that group cannot be changed by the environment
4. D80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes

In Vygotsky's theory, an older sibling who helps a child learn to tie shoelaces is acting as:

1. AA primary attachment figure
2. BAn imaginary audience
3. CA formal operational thinker
4. DA more knowledgeable other

Older adults often prefer spending time with a few close friends rather than meeting new people. Carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory explains this as:

1. AA decline in crystallised intelligence and memory
2. BFear of strangers that grows steadily in later life
3. CFocusing on emotionally meaningful goals as time feels shorter
4. DA gradual loss of social skills that tends to come with increasing age

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. ASelective optimisation with compensation
2. BIdentity foreclosure
3. CFluid intelligence improving with age
4. DSocioemotional selectivity only

In Hughes' "policeman doll" study, most children aged 3½–5 could hide a boy doll where two policemen could not see him. How does this relate to Piaget's three mountains task?

1. AIt shows that conservation develops before age 3
2. BIt shows that children cannot take any other person's viewpoint before about age 7
3. CIt confirms that young children are fully egocentric
4. DIt suggests young children are less egocentric when the task makes sense to them