Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Egocentrism in Piaget's preoperational stage means children:

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

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

1. AAnimism
2. BReversibility
3. CEgocentrism
4. DCentration

Parents who show little warmth and make few demands, and are largely disengaged from their child, show which style?

1. AAuthoritarian (strict)
2. BPermissive (indulgent)
3. CAuthoritative
4. DUninvolved (neglectful)

Asked about the Heinz dilemma, a teenager says "Heinz should steal the drug because a good husband would do that for his wife". This reasoning is at Kohlberg's:

1. APost-conventional level
2. BPre-conventional level
3. CConventional level
4. DSensorimotor level

A girl pays close attention to information about "girls' toys" and quickly forgets details about "boys' toys". Which theory best explains this?

1. APsychoanalytic theory
2. BAttachment theory
3. CEcological systems theory
4. DGender schema theory

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

According to Erikson, older adults who look back on life with a sense of fulfilment achieve:

1. AIndustry
2. BIntimacy
3. CIntegrity
4. DGenerativity

For a trait, identical twins correlate 0.8 and fraternal twins correlate 0.5. Using Falconer's formula, the rough heritability estimate is:

1. A0.8
2. B0.6
3. C0.4
4. D0.3