Exam 13: Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development

A child feels compassion for family members of the victims of a televised terrorist attack, even though the attack occurred in a distant city. The child expresses

Ruffus is a bully who wears a t-shirt that says, "I don't get mad, I get even." Getting even means

Cinderella comes home from kindergarten and says to her parents, "I shared in school today so that I could get this sticker!" Cinderella's reasoning is at the ____ stage of moral development.

Name the three stages of moral reasoning proposed by Piaget.

The motto of Presbyterian College is, "As We Live, We Serve." Among PC graduates, this motto aims to elicit altruistic behavior based on

Which parent is most likely to have an aggressive child?

Unlike reactive aggressors, proactive aggressors

The ____ level in Kohlberg's theory corresponds conceptually to the heteronomous stage of Piaget's theory of moral development.

The wrongdoer's intentions tend to be ignored when actions are judged under Piaget's principle of

List the six stages of moral development outlined by Lawrence Kohlberg.

Which of these best exemplifies direct physical aggression?

Discuss Piaget's stage theory of moral development.

"Out of control" children typically are reared in

When asked what they thought was the most important aspect of a child's social development, one sample of new parents said they hoped their child would

The moral person must accept attributes or standards as his or her own. This process is called

Any action that is intended to benefit other people, such as sharing with someone less fortunate, comforting or rescuing someone, cooperating, or simply making others feel good by complimenting them, is known as

Walking through an airport, a child feels a temptation to yell out, "terrorist bomb." But he doesn't yell because he knows that those words would be highly disruptive. The boy displays

In Dodge's social information-processing theory, the first step in an aggressive encounter is to

Research suggests that when children are exposed to parental conflict, they

Several aspects of the child's mental state influence the aggressive response to provocation. Which of these is NOT among those factors, according to Dodge?