Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Differences between age groups that are caused by growing up in different historical times are called:

1. AOrder effects
2. BCeiling effects
3. CPractice effects
4. DCohort effects

A child who called every four-legged animal "dog" learns that cats are different and forms a new category. In Piaget's terms, this is:

1. AAssimilation
2. BAccommodation
3. CConservation
4. DEgocentrism

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

1. AUnderextension
2. BOverregularisation
3. CBabbling
4. DTelegraphic speech

Which statement about the formal operational stage is correct?

1. AThinking is limited to concrete objects that are physically in front of them
2. BAdolescents can reason about abstract and hypothetical problems
3. CChildren first develop object permanence
4. DChildren cannot yet use symbols

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

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

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. BFormal operational thought
3. CMoral realism
4. DMental representation

Which finding challenges the idea that attachment forms only with the mother?

1. ASchaffer and Emerson found many infants form multiple attachments, including to fathers
2. BHarlow's monkeys preferred wire mothers
3. CBowlby found no effect of separation
4. DInfants only attach to the person who feeds them

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. AHave no understanding of rules before age 7
2. BJudge all rules only by adult authority
3. CDistinguish moral rules from social conventions early
4. DThink that clothing rules are more serious than hitting