Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A preoperational child says the sun is following her because it wants to play. This is an example of:

1. ASeriation
2. BReversibility
3. CAnimism
4. DConservation

A newborn turns its head towards a touch on the cheek and opens its mouth. This is the:

1. AGrasping reflex
2. BBabinski reflex
3. CRooting reflex
4. DMoro reflex

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. BAssimilation
3. CConservation
4. DEgocentrism

The Sally–Anne task is used to test whether a child has:

1. AConservation of number
2. BTheory of mind
3. CSecure attachment
4. DObject permanence

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

1. ABehavioural inhibition
2. BIdentity diffusion
3. CDisorganised attachment
4. DLearned helplessness

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

1. ADisorganised only
2. BInsecure-resistant (ambivalent)
3. CInsecure-avoidant
4. DSecure

Genie was isolated and given almost no language input until she was found at age 13. Later she learned many words but never mastered grammar. This case is often used to support:

1. AA critical or sensitive period for language acquisition
2. BThe idea that language is learned only through reinforcement
3. CThe claim that grammar is learned faster than vocabulary
4. DThe idea that age has no effect on language learning

Temperament research by Thomas and Chess classified infants into which three main groups?

1. ASecure, avoidant and resistant
2. BAuthoritative, authoritarian and permissive
3. CEasy, difficult and slow-to-warm-up
4. DIntroverted, extroverted and ambiverted