Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

Who developed attachment theory?

1. AJean Piaget
2. BAlbert Bandura
3. CB. F. Skinner
4. DJohn Bowlby

Two toddlers play with blocks side by side but do not interact with each other. Parten called this:

1. ASolitary play
2. BParallel play
3. CAssociative play
4. DCooperative play

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is caused by:

1. AA single inherited gene
2. BToo little sleep during infancy
3. CDrinking alcohol in early childhood
4. DAlcohol exposure before birth

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

1. A80% of height differences in that group are linked to genes
2. BHeight in that group cannot be changed by the environment
3. C80% of people in that group inherit height from their mother
4. D80% of each person's own height is caused by their genes

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

1. APre-conventional
2. BConventional
3. CPost-conventional
4. DHeteronomous

A student is actively trying out different majors and values but has not committed to any yet. In Marcia's model, this is:

1. AIdentity diffusion
2. BForeclosure
3. CMoratorium
4. DIdentity achievement

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. AEvocative
2. BActive (niche-picking)
3. CGene–environment interaction
4. DPassive

Which finding challenges the idea that attachment forms only with the mother?

1. AInfants only attach to the person who feeds them
2. BBowlby found no effect of separation
3. CSchaffer and Emerson found many infants form multiple attachments, including to fathers
4. DHarlow's monkeys preferred wire mothers