Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Parents who show little warmth and make few demands, and are largely disengaged from their child, show which style?

1. AAuthoritative
2. BAuthoritarian (strict)
3. CUninvolved (neglectful)
4. DPermissive (indulgent)

Noam Chomsky proposed that children have an innate "language acquisition device". This view emphasises:

1. ABiological readiness to learn language
2. BLanguage as a product of formal schooling
3. CImitation as the only source of grammar
4. DLearning language only through reinforcement

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. AAccommodation
2. BConservation
3. CAssimilation
4. DEgocentrism

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

1. AHabituation
2. BCritical (sensitive) period
3. CObject permanence
4. DAccommodation

Bowlby's "44 thieves" study linked early prolonged separation from the mother to:

1. AEarly language development
2. BAffectionless psychopathy
3. CHigher intelligence scores
4. DAdvanced moral reasoning

Fantz showed infants pairs of patterns and measured how long they looked at each. Many young infants looked longest at:

1. APlain coloured discs
2. BBlank grey cards
3. CPrinted text
4. DFace-like patterns

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. AA lack of object permanence
2. BAn advanced theory of mind
3. CDifficulty understanding false beliefs
4. DA failure to conserve quantity

Main's Adult Attachment Interview found that parents who describe their own childhood in a coherent, balanced way tend to have infants who:

1. AAre securely attached in the Strange Situation
2. BDevelop formal operational thought earlier
3. CShow no attachment at all
4. DAre always insecure-avoidant