Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Konrad Lorenz found that goslings followed the first moving object they saw after hatching. This is called:

  1. AImprinting
  2. BHabituation
  3. CScaffolding
  4. DAssimilation
2.Easy

A teratogen is:

  1. AAn outside agent that can harm prenatal development
  2. BA gene that controls the timing of puberty in teens
  3. CA reflex that is present in newborn babies only
  4. DA hormone released by the placenta to start labour
3.Easy

Comparing identical and fraternal twins is mainly used to study:

  1. AWhy some children start babbling earlier
  2. BHow memory develops during the first year of life
  3. CWhether Piaget's stages occur in a fixed order
  4. DThe relative influence of genes and environment
4.Medium

A student is actively trying out different majors and values but has not committed to any yet. In Marcia's model, this is:

  1. AIdentity achievement
  2. BIdentity diffusion
  3. CMoratorium
  4. DForeclosure
5.Medium

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. ADisorganised
  2. BInsecure-avoidant
  3. CInsecure-resistant
  4. DSecure
6.Medium

Which attachment type is shown by an infant who is very distressed at separation and both seeks and resists contact at reunion?

  1. AInsecure-avoidant
  2. BDisorganised only
  3. CInsecure-resistant (ambivalent)
  4. DSecure
7.Hard

A child is shown a Smarties tube, guesses it contains sweets, and finds pencils. Asked what a friend who has not looked will think is inside, a typical 3-year-old says "pencils". This shows:

  1. AAn advanced theory of mind
  2. BDifficulty understanding false beliefs
  3. CA failure to conserve quantity
  4. DA lack of object permanence
8.Hard

Romanian orphan studies (Rutter and colleagues) found that children adopted after about 6 months of severe deprivation:

  1. AWere more likely to show lasting difficulties than those adopted earlier
  2. BShowed no differences from non-adopted children raised in their birth families
  3. CRecovered completely regardless of adoption age
  4. DHad better outcomes than children adopted earlier

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Imprinting
  2. 2. A · An outside agent that can harm prenatal development
  3. 3. D · The relative influence of genes and environment
  4. 4. C · Moratorium
  5. 5. A · Disorganised
  6. 6. C · Insecure-resistant (ambivalent)
  7. 7. B · Difficulty understanding false beliefs
  8. 8. A · Were more likely to show lasting difficulties than those adopted earlier

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