Exam 3: Personal, Social, and Moral Development

Three of the following are classroom strategies that promote moral development among students with special educational needs because of social or cognitive delays.Which of the following is not a good strategy?

Mary Jane, a sixth grader, nearly always eats lunch with the same five or six girls.They usually spread out at the table so no other girls can sit with them.Sometimes they even plan together what they will wear to school the next day.Mary Jane's group is an example of a:

As students grow older, they are more likely to:

Which teacher is doing the most to foster the overall development of his students?

If we extend research findings regarding effective parenting styles to the classroom, teachers would be well advised to:

In what way do Kohlberg's stages of moral development relate to Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

Children's self-concepts become increasingly stable, and therefore increasingly more difficult to change, as they grow older.Which one of the following is the most likely explanation for the increasing stability of self-concept over time?

Given what we know about people's self-concepts, three of the following are likely scenarios.Which scenario is not likely to occur?

Feelings of empathy are especially important for the development of:

Temperament is:

Three of the following strategies are likely to promote moral development.Which one, although possibly appropriate in certain situations, is unlikely to promote students' moral development?

Three of the following teachers are using strategies that should promote their students' self-esteem.Which strategy probably will not?

Three of the following strategies should foster the development of students' social skills.Which strategy, although possibly beneficial in other ways, will not foster more appropriate social skills?

Authoritarian parenting is best demonstrated by which of the following examples?

Ms.Smith is concerned about one of her students, Victor.She would like to help him improve his self-concept.What would be the best approach?

Students usually have feelings about their competence in three general areas: cognitive competence, social competence, and physical competence.Which one of the following is an example of social competence?

Susan is a student with ADHD and therefore has special educational needs.She has low self-esteem related to her difficulty with reading, a greater susceptibility to peer pressure, poor social skills and few friendships.Suggest at least four classroom strategies that you would employ to promote her personal, social and moral development.

Which one of the following teacher behaviours illustrates an important factor in the social and/or moral development of children?

One of the most important stages in a child's early years is Erikson's stage of initiative vs.guilt, in which children learn to:

Your students are reasoning at Kohlberg's second stage of moral reasoning.In a discussion of people who are homeless, you present reasoning at Kohlberg's fifth stage.From Kohlberg's perspective, what influence are your remarks likely to have on your students' moral reasoning?