Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Conservation is the understanding that:

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

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

1. ACooing
2. BOverregularisation
3. CTelegraphic speech
4. DBabbling

In Piaget's theory, which stage comes first?

1. AConcrete operational
2. BFormal operational
3. CSensorimotor
4. DPreoperational

Children get better at ignoring distractions and switching between tasks through childhood and adolescence. This improvement in executive function is linked mainly to maturation of the:

1. ACerebellum
2. BOccipital lobe
3. CBrainstem
4. DPrefrontal cortex

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-resistant
2. BSecure
3. CDisorganised
4. DInsecure-avoidant

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

1. AHigh warmth with few rules or demands
2. BHigh warmth with high, clearly explained expectations
3. CLow warmth and low involvement
4. DLow warmth with strict rules and very little explanation

In sociometric studies, how do "rejected" children differ from "neglected" children?

1. ANeglected children are the most actively disliked in the class
2. BRejected children are named as liked more often than other children
3. CThe two groups get exactly the same pattern of nominations
4. DRejected children are disliked; neglected ones are rarely named

In Vygotsky's theory, private speech in young children is seen as:

1. ASpeech mainly intended to communicate information to other people nearby
2. BA symptom of a language delay
3. CA tool for guiding their own thinking that later becomes inner speech
4. DA sign of egocentrism with no function