Exam 14: Moral Development

When Leigh takes her son, Tom, to the supermarket, she insists they return the shopping cart to the storage area in front of the store instead of leaving it in the parking lot. Leigh has told Tom that the store has a rule that carts be returned, and explains that it is both a considerate and safe thing to do. Tom becomes extremely upset when he accompanies his father to the supermarket and his father refuses to return the cart to the front of the store. Based on Piaget's stages of moral development, how old is Tom likely to be?

According to Gerald Patterson, adults and children in coercive families use aggression to

Four year old Karen is in preschool and her group has won a prize because they sold the most cookies at a fundraiser. She must divide $100 between herself and five other group members. According to distributive justice, how is she most likely to divide the prize?

Children and their parents are read a story about little boy named Peter who let his sister's hamster, Tippy, out of his cage without first asking permission, as he knew he should. Tippy manages to escape Peter's grasp, and the family searches for 3 days before Tippy is finally found and returned to his cage. When children are asked to judge Peter and his actions, they tend to

Which of the following is characteristic of children in Piaget's final stage of moral development?

The type of discipline that is most effective with a particular child is one that best matches the child's personality and temperament. This notion exemplifies

Piaget proposed that advancement in moral reasoning is a function of

The process of reciprocal altruism refers to

Stephen has cognitive difficulties (has an intellectual disability). He still lives with his parents but has recently found a girlfriend. He tells his new girlfriend that if they are to have sex, they must use condoms because his parents said so. According to Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning, which level is Stephen most likely at?

Relational aggression refers to aggression

If a developmentalist wants to study how interactions in the child's community can lead to a better understanding of moral development, the developmentalist would be using the ________ approach.

Families of aggressive children are characterized by

Piaget examined children's conceptions of morality

At what stage in Piaget's model of moral development do children begin to consider a person's motives and intentions when making moral evaluations?

In keeping with Bronfenbrenner's ecological model, researchers working within the ____________ tradition are concerned with how aspects of parents' lives, such as the nature of their employment, directly and indirectly affect children's involvement in prosocial and antisocial activities.

Children in Piaget's first stage of moral development (age 2 to 4 years)

While out fishing with his brother and a friend, Bob's boat overturns. Which of the following is the LEAST accurate statement regarding this incident?

Researchers interested in prosocial behaviour study

Garett participated in a study that measured his level of moral reasoning. He was among the most immature moral reasoners in his class. The researchers were not surprised when they discovered that his parents use a(n) __________ punishment style.

In their comparison of the social patterns of aggressive and nonaggressive children, Robert Cairns and his colleagues discovered that