Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Conservation is the understanding that:

  1. ARules of a game can be changed if all the players agree
  2. BObjects exist when out of sight
  3. COther people have beliefs
  4. DQuantity stays the same when its appearance changes
2.Easy

Egocentrism in Piaget's preoperational stage means children:

  1. AFind it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
  2. BOnly think about food
  3. CAre selfish and refuse to share their toys with other children
  4. DPrefer to play alone
3.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 constancy
  2. BGender typing
  3. CGender schema
  4. DGender role
4.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. APerceptual narrowing
  2. BHabituation
  3. CFast mapping
  4. DOverregularisation
5.Medium

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

  1. APrinted text
  2. BFace-like patterns
  3. CPlain coloured discs
  4. DBlank grey cards
6.Medium

A 9-year-old can arrange sticks from shortest to longest quickly and without errors. This ability is called:

  1. AConservation
  2. BSeriation
  3. CAnimism
  4. DAccommodation
7.Hard

In sociometric studies, how do "rejected" children differ from "neglected" children?

  1. AThe two groups get exactly the same pattern of nominations
  2. BRejected children are disliked; neglected ones are rarely named
  3. CRejected children are named as liked more often than other children
  4. DNeglected children are the most actively disliked in the class
8.Hard

In an adoption study, adopted children's IQ scores correlate more with their biological parents' scores than with their adoptive parents' scores. This suggests:

  1. AThat adoptive parents give poor care
  2. BThat the family environment has no effect at all on IQ
  3. CThat IQ is fixed at birth
  4. DGenetic influence on individual differences in IQ

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Quantity stays the same when its appearance changes
  2. 2. A · Find it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
  3. 3. A · Gender constancy
  4. 4. A · Perceptual narrowing
  5. 5. B · Face-like patterns
  6. 6. B · Seriation
  7. 7. B · Rejected children are disliked; neglected ones are rarely named
  8. 8. D · Genetic influence on individual differences in IQ

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