YEAR 4 AND YEAR 11

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

ACTIVITY BOOKLET

2017

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 Data Record:

Please provide the following information

Student name: __________________________

Age (years): _____________________________

Height (cm): _____________________________

School Shoe size (AU): _____________________

Postcode (Suburb): ________________________

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 Rubiks Cube
What is a Rubiks Cube?
A Rubiks Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle invented in 1974
by Ern Rubik. The Rubiks Cube has six faces in which are covered by nine
stickers, each of one of six solid colours: white, red, blue, orange, green and
yellow. An internal pivot mechanism allows each face to turn independently, thus
mixing up the colours.

How is a Rubiks Cube solved?

For the puzzle to be solved, each face must be returned to have only one colour.

What is the fastest time a Rubiks Cube was solved?

In 2016, a new world record was set by 20 year old, Mats Walk. Mats managed to
set a new world record of 4.74 seconds!

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 Try to arrange one side of the Rubiks Cube, to have all the
same colour square.
After one minute, record how many of the one colour squares
are found on one face of the Rubiks Cube. Trial this 5 times.

Trial 1: _____ / 9

Trial 2: _____ / 9

Trial 3: _____ / 9

Trial 4: _____ / 9

Trial 5: _____ / 9

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 Free recall is an activity that will test your working memory. In a
moment, your teacher show you a list of words. You have 20 seconds
to view the list and 30 seconds to write down (in any order) as many
words you can remember.
This will be conducted four times under different lighting conditions

Test 1: Test 2: Test 3: Test 4:

Normal light Blue Light Yellow Light Red Light

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Write down the first occupation you think of based on the image
you see below.

Occupation: _________________ Occupation: _________________

Occupation: _______________________

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 The Mller-Lyer illusion is an optical illusion consisting of a stylized
arrow. The illusion was devised by Franz Carl Mller-Lyer a German
sociologist, in 1889.

From the pictures below, state which line you think is larger and which
line is smaller.

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2.
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3.
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 Tick
the boxes for the questions below
A B A+B

Which glass has more

water? (short glasses)

Which glass has more

water? (tall and short glass)

Which ball of Play-Doh has

more playdoh?

Which ball of Play-Doh has

more playdoh?
(ball and flat)
Which strip of Play-Doh has
more Play-Doh?
(thin strip and fat strip)

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 Shapes Competition
You will all receive a handful of

Play-Doh. You will be given only

1 minute to create as many

shapes as possible from the

Play-Doh provided. You must

only use your hands.

Record the shapes you made in the space below:

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Total number of shapes made = __________

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 Name the colours of the following words. Do NOT read the words
but, say the colour of the words. For example, if the word "BLUE" is
printed in a red colour, you should say "RED". Say the colours as
fast as you can.

List A:

Time taken to read list A: __________

List B:

Time taken to read list B: __________

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