Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A child understands that she will stay a girl even if she cuts her hair short or plays football. Kohlberg called this:

  1. AGender role
  2. BGender typing
  3. CGender constancy
  4. DGender schema
2.Easy

Which researcher used the "Strange Situation" to classify attachment types?

  1. AErik Erikson
  2. BLev Vygotsky
  3. CHarry Harlow
  4. DMary Ainsworth
3.Easy

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

  1. AMoro reflex
  2. BRooting reflex
  3. CGrasping reflex
  4. DBabinski reflex
4.Medium

A 5-year-old says a boy who broke 15 cups by accident is naughtier than a boy who broke 1 cup while stealing jam. Piaget called this:

  1. APost-conventional moral reasoning
  2. BHeteronomous morality (moral realism)
  3. CAutonomous morality (moral relativism)
  4. DFormal operational moral thought
5.Medium

Someone argues that Heinz should steal the drug because the right to life is more important than any property law. This reasoning is:

  1. AHeteronomous
  2. BPre-conventional
  3. CConventional
  4. DPost-conventional
6.Medium

Young infants in English-speaking homes can tell apart some Hindi speech sounds that English-speaking adults cannot, but most lose this ability by about the end of the first year. This is called:

  1. AHabituation
  2. BPerceptual narrowing
  3. CFast mapping
  4. DOverregularisation
7.Hard

Cross-sectional studies suggested large declines in intelligence after middle age, but Schaie's longitudinal data showed smaller declines. A main reason for the difference is:

  1. ACross-sectional studies follow the same people over a long period of time
  2. BCohort effects, such as differences in education between generations
  3. CIntelligence tests do not work with older adults
  4. DLongitudinal studies always use younger samples
8.Hard

In Tronick's "still-face" procedure, a mother suddenly stops responding and keeps a neutral face. Infants typically react by:

  1. ATrying to re-engage her, then becoming upset and looking away
  2. BIgnoring the change and carrying on playing as before
  3. CSmiling and babbling much more than before the change
  4. DTurning to the experimenter instead and staying calm throughout

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Gender constancy
  2. 2. D · Mary Ainsworth
  3. 3. B · Rooting reflex
  4. 4. B · Heteronomous morality (moral realism)
  5. 5. D · Post-conventional
  6. 6. B · Perceptual narrowing
  7. 7. B · Cohort effects, such as differences in education between generations
  8. 8. A · Trying to re-engage her, then becoming upset and looking away

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