Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Egocentrism in Piaget's preoperational stage means children:

  1. APrefer to play alone
  2. BFind it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
  3. COnly think about food
  4. DAre selfish and refuse to share their toys with other children
2.Easy

Understanding that an action can be mentally undone, such as pouring water back into the first glass, is called:

  1. AReversibility
  2. BAnimism
  3. CCentration
  4. DEgocentrism
3.Easy

Who developed attachment theory?

  1. AJohn Bowlby
  2. BB. F. Skinner
  3. CAlbert Bandura
  4. DJean Piaget
4.Medium

Scaffolding refers to:

  1. ASupport given to a learner that is reduced as competence grows
  2. BPunishing errors so they are not repeated
  3. CLetting children discover everything alone
  4. DBuilding one fixed curriculum that every child must follow in order
5.Medium

A study finds that the heritability of height in a population is about 0.8. What does this mean?

  1. AHeight in that group cannot be changed by the environment
  2. B80% of people in that group inherit height from their mother
  3. C80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes
  4. D80% of each person's own height is caused by their genes
6.Medium

Bandura's Bobo doll study demonstrated:

  1. AChildren learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
  2. BChildren only imitate other children
  3. CPunishment of a model always reduces children's aggression
  4. DAggression is purely genetic
7.Hard

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. APassive
  2. BEvocative
  3. CActive (niche-picking)
  4. DGene–environment interaction
8.Hard

In Vygotsky's theory, private speech in young children is seen as:

  1. AA symptom of a language delay
  2. BA tool for guiding their own thinking that later becomes inner speech
  3. CSpeech mainly intended to communicate information to other people nearby
  4. DA sign of egocentrism with no function

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Find it hard to see things from another person's viewpoint
  2. 2. A · Reversibility
  3. 3. A · John Bowlby
  4. 4. A · Support given to a learner that is reduced as competence grows
  5. 5. C · 80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes
  6. 6. A · Children learn aggressive behaviour by observing adults
  7. 7. A · Passive
  8. 8. B · A tool for guiding their own thinking that later becomes inner speech

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