Exam 14: Moral Development

Which of the following statements is true about preschool children's prosocial behavior?

Design a study that examines whether peers influence one another's aggressive behavior. How could you best determine whether or not there is a causal link between how aggressive one's friends are and how aggressive a child or adolescent becomes?

Research by Kochanska has demonstrated that children develop a conscience in different ways according to:

Are there cultural differences in the effect of physical and abusive punishment on children's likelihood of becoming aggressive?

Compared to temperamentally fearful children, those who are temperamentally fearless need which of the following items in order to promote development of their conscience?

When faced with a negative social situation, aggressive children, in comparison to nonaggressive children, are more likely to do all of the following actions EXCEPT:

Aggression in elementary school children is MOST commonly:

Which of the following assertions is a true statement about rates of prosocial behavior in children?

Consider the following prosocial moral dilemma: "On his way to school, a boy named Freddie sees another boy fall in the mud and start to cry. The boy says he hurt himself and asks Freddie to help him up, but Freddie is worried that if he helps him, he will get himself all muddy. What should Freddie do?" Which of the following responses would be considered the least advanced by Eisenberg?

The internal regulatory system that increases individual's ability to conform with socially approved standards of behavior is referred to as:

Peter got mad and broke his mother's favorite vase. He knows she will be very upset, but he doesn't want to get into trouble for his actions. He decides to tell his mother it was an accident. According to Kohlberg, what level of moral development is Peter in?

Which of the following statements is the LEAST likely thought or response for an aggressive child when faced with a negative social situation?

Which of the following statements is a characteristic of young children's responses to others' distress?

Excluding an individual from a play group is an example of:

Conduct problems that emerge in adolescence are particularly likely to be associated with:

Which of the following factors does NOT increase the likelihood of antisocial behavior?

Judgments that pertain to societal customs are referred to as:

Which of the following comparisons between Piaget's and Kohlberg's theories of moral judgment is accurate?

Consider the following prosocial moral dilemma: "On his way to school, a boy named Freddie sees another boy fall in the mud and start to cry. The boy says he hurt himself and asks Freddie to help him up, but Freddie is worried that if he helps him, he will get himself all muddy. What should Freddie do?" Describe how a child in each of the following levels of Eisenberg's theory of prosocial behavior would respond: hedonistic/self-focused orientation (Level 1), needs-based orientation (Level 2), approval and/or stereotyped orientation (Level 3), self-reflective empathetic orientation (Level 4a), and strongly internalized stage (Level 5). Be sure to describe the reasoning characteristic of each of Eisenberg's five levels.

Which behavior in childhood is least likely to be a predictor of later aggression and antisocial behavior?