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20 AQA GCSE Psychology questions on Development, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which researcher is most associated with the concept of the 'zone of proximal development' (ZPD)?

  1. Sigmund Freud
  2. Lawrence Kohlberg
  3. Lev Vygotsky
  4. Jean Piaget
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✓ Answer: CLev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky proposed the zone of proximal development — the gap between what a child can do alone and what they can achieve with support. Piaget focused on stages of cognitive development. Kohlberg studied moral development. Freud developed psychosexual theory.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

According to Piaget, which stage of cognitive development occurs roughly between the ages of 7 and 11?

  1. Preoperational stage
  2. Sensorimotor stage
  3. Formal operational stage
  4. Concrete operational stage
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✓ Answer: DConcrete operational stage
The concrete operational stage (approximately 7–11 years) is when children develop logical thinking about concrete objects and conservation. The sensorimotor stage covers 0–2 years. The preoperational stage covers 2–7 years. The formal operational stage begins around age 12.
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AQA GCSE Psychology: Development FAQ

How many AQA GCSE Psychology questions on Development are there on Kramizo?
Kramizo currently has 20 exam-board-aligned practice questions on Development for AQA GCSE Psychology, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real AQA paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
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Yes — completely free. Every student gets 45 questions a day on the free plan, with no card required and no trial countdown. That free quota works across every subject and every topic in our bank, so you can mix Development practice with other Psychology topics or even switch to a totally different AQA subject without paying anything. Kramizo's optional Pro plan removes the daily cap and adds detailed progress analytics, but the free tier is the real product — used by thousands of GCSE, IGCSE and CSEC students.
Are the Development questions aligned to the official AQA GCSE Psychology syllabus?
Every question is written against the published AQA GCSE Psychology specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real AQA paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from AQA.
How is Development typically tested on AQA GCSE Psychology papers?
Development appears across multiple question types on real AQA GCSE Psychology papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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