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

Research indicates that up to ages 6 to 8, children's description of others are focused almost entirely on __________ features.

An adolescent is asked to explain what a friend is. Which of the following statements is he or she MOST likely to make?

Maria has been carefully saving her allowance so that she can buy a car when she gets her license. But recently, her father has been out of work and has some bills he is not able to pay, so Maria gives him her savings. Eisenberg would say that Maria is using which type of reasoning?

Michael says that people experience shame when they fail to live up to their own standards of behavior. Michael is at least how old?

Kohlberg's research, confirmed by others, indicates that preconventional reasoning is dominant in

A child says that he expects a friend to be loyal. The child is most likely in which grade in school?

Derek is in the stage of moral relativism, and therefore he

All of the following are patterns of developmental change in children's understanding of themselves and others EXCEPT

Two-year-old Tony sees his mother cut herself while fixing dinner and brings his mother his own favorite teddy bear to comfort her. This is an example of what kind of empathy?

A child who sees someone who is sad or hurt and feels sad herself is experiencing

Cross-cultural research on the moral development of children, adolescents, and adults indicates that

According to the developmental stages proposed by Hoffman, __________ begins around ages 12 to 18 months.

People show evidence of the beginning of self-chosen principles in which of Kohlberg's stages?

When Sally asks her mother to help her with her homework, she also tells her mother she will help dust the house in return. Sally is in which stage of moral development?

Charissa picked up a ceramic bowl she had been told not to touch. When her mother told her that she would be punished, Charissa said, "But I did not break it." What stage of moral development is Charissa in?

Which of the following children will understand that her sister is happy about graduating from high school but sad to be leaving her friends behind?

Research suggests that in late adolescence, young people understand that

A review of research in moral development by Snarey has indicated that

The process of learning to distinguish between right and wrong in accordance with cultural values is called __________ .

Turiel defined univeral and obligatory rules reflecting basic principles that guarantee the rights of others as __________ .