Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

1. AIntimacy versus isolation
2. BIdentity versus role confusion
3. CIntegrity versus despair
4. DTrust versus mistrust

Which period of prenatal development comes first?

1. AEmbryonic
2. BNeonatal
3. CFetal
4. DGerminal

Parents who are warm and affectionate but set few rules or demands show which style?

1. APermissive
2. BAuthoritative
3. CUninvolved
4. DAuthoritarian

Which concept refers to a period when a child is especially sensitive to certain experiences?

1. AObject permanence
2. BHabituation
3. CCritical (sensitive) period
4. DAccommodation

A parent sets strict rules, expects obedience without discussion and says "Because I said so". This style is:

1. AUninvolved
2. BAuthoritarian
3. CAuthoritative
4. DPermissive

Kagan described some toddlers who are consistently shy, cautious and quiet with unfamiliar people and situations. This temperament is called:

1. AIdentity diffusion
2. BLearned helplessness
3. CBehavioural inhibition
4. DDisorganised attachment

Harlow's monkeys raised in isolation with only surrogate mothers later showed which outcome?

1. AStrong attachment to the wire mother as adults
2. BCompletely normal adult social behaviour
3. CAbnormal social behaviour and difficulty caring for their own young
4. DBetter problem solving than monkeys that had been reared by real mothers

A critic argues that Piaget underestimated young children. Which finding supports this?

1. AChildren conserve number earlier when the task is changed so the transformation seems accidental
2. BAdults rarely reason abstractly
3. CChildren never pass false-belief tasks before age 7
4. DInfants show no memory of hidden objects at all