Exam 12: Thinking About Relationships: Social-Cognitive and Moral Development

By about ________ years of age, the child begins to develop a theory of mind that includes the understanding that another person will feel sad if she fails or happy if she succeeds.

Cross-cultural research has shown that approximately what percent of people regress through Kohlberg's stages?

While both involve the apprehension of another person's emotional state or condition, __________ involves matching of that emotional state oneself and __________ involves a general feeling of sorrow or concern for the other.

According to the stages of development proposed by Hoffman, children as young as ages 2 or 3 and continuing through the elementary school years have the ability to demonstrate __________ .

Research aimed at testing Gilligan's versus Kohlberg's ideas about moral development has found that

According to the researcher Carl Barnboim, any statement that a child makes that involves some internal personality construct is called a __________ .

Kohlberg's sixth stage of universal ethical principles orientation

In which of Kohlberg's stages is there an emphasis on instrumental purpose and exchange?

In stage ________ of Kohlberg's theory of moral development, individuals focus less on what is pleasing to particular people and more on adhering to a complex set of regulations which are not questioned.

Studies of the relationship between level of moral reasoning and moral behavior have

Sam is age 4. He is most likely to say that Louis is his best friend because Louis

Elaine works for a social service agency that usually requires a lot of paperwork from clients before they can get help. However, in certain severe cases, Elaine ignores the rules and eliminates some of the paperwork. Kohlberg would place Elaine in which stage of moral development?

Delinquents and young children who act out in school are most likely to be in which of Kohlberg's stages of moral development?

Which of the following is an accurate statement concerning Freud's view of moral development?

A shift to judgments based on rules or norms of a group to which the individual belongs is characteristic of which level of moral development?

Who stated that the child learns moral rules by identifying with the same-sex parent?

__________ rules are arbitrary.

Piaget proposed that after age 8, children move on to the __________ stage where they learn that people can agree to change rules if they want.

Empathy is fostered by all of the following EXCEPT

Children can first empathize with several different emotions at once by