Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A baby throws its arms outwards and then pulls them in after a sudden loud noise. This is the:

1. AMoro reflex
2. BRooting reflex
3. CSucking reflex
4. DStepping reflex

A child focuses only on the height of the liquid in a glass and ignores its width. Piaget called this:

1. AAccommodation
2. BObject permanence
3. CAnimism
4. DCentration

Conservation is the understanding that:

1. AOther people have beliefs
2. BQuantity stays the same when its appearance changes
3. CRules of a game can be changed if all the players agree
4. DObjects exist when out of sight

Which feature is typical of infant-directed speech ("parentese")?

1. AFast speech with very few pauses
2. BHigher pitch and exaggerated intonation
3. CA flat, quiet and monotonous tone
4. DLong sentences with complex grammar

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

1. AChildren learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
2. BPunishment of a model always reduces children's aggression
3. CAggression is purely genetic
4. DChildren only imitate other children

Shown 7 roses and 3 tulips, a 5-year-old says there are more roses than flowers. Which ability is still lacking?

1. AClass inclusion
2. BTheory of mind
3. CObject permanence
4. DDeferred imitation

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

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

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. BDistinguish moral rules from social conventions early
3. CThink that clothing rules are more serious than hitting
4. DHave no understanding of rules before age 7