Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

According to Erikson, the main conflict of adolescence is:

  1. AIntegrity versus despair
  2. BIdentity versus role confusion
  3. CIntimacy versus isolation
  4. DTrust versus mistrust
2.Easy

In Piaget's theory, which stage comes first?

  1. APreoperational
  2. BSensorimotor
  3. CFormal operational
  4. DConcrete operational
3.Easy

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

  1. ACentration
  2. BAccommodation
  3. CAnimism
  4. DObject permanence
4.Medium

Baillargeon found that young infants looked longer at "impossible" events, such as a screen rotating through a box behind it. This suggests infants:

  1. AHave no memory for events that they cannot see
  2. BCannot perceive objects at all once they move behind screens
  3. CPrefer moving screens to objects that stay still
  4. DKnow hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
5.Medium

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 formal operational thinker
  3. CA primary attachment figure
  4. DAn imaginary audience
6.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. AForeclosure
  2. BIdentity achievement
  3. CIdentity diffusion
  4. DMoratorium
7.Hard

In Hughes' "policeman doll" study, most children aged 3½–5 could hide a boy doll where two policemen could not see him. How does this relate to Piaget's three mountains task?

  1. AIt shows that conservation develops before age 3
  2. BIt confirms that young children are fully egocentric
  3. CIt suggests young children are less egocentric when the task makes sense to them
  4. DIt shows that children cannot take any other person's viewpoint before about age 7
8.Hard

Adolescents take more risks in a driving game when friends are watching, but adults are less affected. Steinberg explains this mainly by:

  1. AAdolescents being unable to understand the rules of the driving game
  2. BReward systems maturing earlier than prefrontal self-control
  3. CAdolescents having faster reaction times than adults do
  4. DAdults being less aware of risks than adolescents are

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Identity versus role confusion
  2. 2. B · Sensorimotor
  3. 3. A · Centration
  4. 4. D · Know hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
  5. 5. A · A more knowledgeable other
  6. 6. D · Moratorium
  7. 7. C · It suggests young children are less egocentric when the task makes sense to them
  8. 8. B · Reward systems maturing earlier than prefrontal self-control

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