Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

In Piaget's theory, which stage comes first?

1. AConcrete operational
2. BPreoperational
3. CFormal operational
4. DSensorimotor

Parents who are warm and affectionate but set few rules or demands show which style?

1. AAuthoritarian
2. BUninvolved
3. CPermissive
4. DAuthoritative

Which period of prenatal development comes first?

1. ANeonatal
2. BFetal
3. CGerminal
4. DEmbryonic

Which ability is most likely to decline from early adulthood onwards?

1. AGeneral knowledge about the world
2. BKnowledge of word meanings
3. CSpeed in solving new, unfamiliar problems
4. DExpertise in one's own profession

A researcher tests 5-, 10- and 15-year-olds now and then retests the same groups every two years. This design is called:

1. ACross-sequential
2. BLongitudinal only
3. CCase study
4. DCross-sectional

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. AOverregularisation
2. BPerceptual narrowing
3. CFast mapping
4. DHabituation

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. ACohort effects, such as differences in education between generations
2. BCross-sectional studies follow the same people over a long period of time
3. CLongitudinal studies always use younger samples
4. DIntelligence tests do not work with older adults

Parents who love reading pass on genes linked to verbal ability and also fill the house with books. This is which gene–environment correlation?

1. AActive (niche-picking)
2. BPassive
3. CEvocative
4. DGene–environment interaction