Developmental psychology worksheet with answers

A child says "I goed to the park" and "two mouses". This error is called:

1. AUnderextension
2. BOverregularisation
3. CTelegraphic speech
4. DBabbling

Which period of prenatal development comes first?

1. ANeonatal
2. BEmbryonic
3. CGerminal
4. DFetal

A preoperational child says the sun is following her because it wants to play. This is an example of:

1. ASeriation
2. BConservation
3. CAnimism
4. DReversibility

Baumrind's authoritative parenting style combines:

1. ALow warmth and low involvement
2. BHigh warmth with few rules or demands
3. CLow warmth with strict rules and very little explanation
4. DHigh warmth with high, clearly explained expectations

In the Strange Situation, an infant shows little distress when the mother leaves and ignores or turns away from her when she returns. This infant is classed as:

1. AInsecure-avoidant
2. BDisorganised
3. CSecurely attached
4. DInsecure-resistant

Baillargeon found that young infants looked longer at "impossible" events, such as a screen rotating through a box behind it. This suggests infants:

1. AKnow hidden objects still exist earlier than Piaget thought
2. BCannot perceive objects at all once they move behind screens
3. CHave no memory for events that they cannot see
4. DPrefer moving screens to objects that stay still

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

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

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. AGene–environment interaction
2. BActive (niche-picking)
3. CPassive
4. DEvocative