Exam 13: Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development

In the 1954 movie, The Magnificent Obsession, Rock Hudson portrays a rich playboy who becomes a physician to atone for a serious accidental injury he caused. His character's medical career was motivated by

Which factor does NOT contribute to children's altruism in collectivistic cultures, such as China?

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Kohlberg's theory of moral development with regard to the invariance of the sequence, the relationship between moral reasoning and moral behavior, and sex differences in levels of morality.

Hartshorne and May's large-scale project applied this methodology to study children's moral behavior:

"I'm good when I get praised, and I'm bad when I get spanked." This statement represents ____ in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning.

When a child resists temptation to violate a moral norm, it shows that the child has

Spreading malicious gossip about others, such as a lie that a particular teenage girl got an abortion, is a type of

Which of these is NOT among the varied social experiences that contributes to growth of moral reasoning, according to Kohlberg's theory?

Describe the changes in the reasoning that occur as children move through Eisenberg's stages of prosocial moral reasoning.

Labeling a child with complimentary terms such as "good" or "honest"

Identify and describe three cultural and social factors that can influence the development of altruistic behavior.

Which set of traits applies to the "principled idealistic" character dimension of moral maturity?

His mother tells Dennis, age five, "How could you dare spit on my boss's suit? I hate you now!" Dennis's mother applies disciplinary style called

Differentiate between proactive and reactive aggressors, and discuss the different types of social information processing each type of aggressor displays.

According to research by Raskausakas and Stoltz, what makes it more difficult for victims to escape bullying?

List and describe three ways in which parents and teachers might reduce aggressive behaviors in children.

Lawrence Kohlberg's moral development theory was derived with this type of research data:

The more Sherri whines at her mother, the more her mother pays attention to her. When her mother starts to pay attention, Sherri stops whining, which increases her mother's tendency to pay attention to her. Sherri's mother's behavior has been

Gender moralist Gilligan argued that women

Children's altruism is ____ in collectivist cultures as compared with individualistic cultures.