Exam 13: Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development

Suppose you are part of a taskforce in your school district with the goal of coming up with suggestions for fostering self-control and resistance to temptation in children. Drawing on research, what suggestions could you make?

If Freud learned about Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning, he would infer that postconventional moral reasoning is governed by the

Self-serving responses to moral dilemmas, emphasizing one's own needs or interests, is especially common among

Behavior that is intended to harm others is called

During a terrorism discussion, high school students comment on and otherwise modify the reasoning expressed by others. This illustrates

Thag is a sixth-grade bully whose t-shirt says, "I fight back at those who hassle me." Thag

Which bully is prone to be instrumentally aggressive?

A parent shuts off the TV when an injured victim of terrorism describes what it was like to be crushed under tons of debris. The parent is now personally upset and feels

A child who is "itching for a fight" at the slightest provocation has a(n)

Which two principles of Piaget's moral development theory are most closely related?

One of the reasons why children from Western, individualistic cultures tend to score low on altruism is that

Situational compliance is promoted by parents who

A slogan of Piaget's stage of heteronomous morality would be,

Colby's 20-year longitudinal study of moral reasoning showed that

The notion of "moral affect" concerns

In the Bickers family, the mom yells loudly at her misbehaving kids. Yet, in what way does her yelling reinforce bad behavior?

The main feature of the "induction" disciplinary technique is that the parent

Siegal and Cowen presented children of various ages with an assortment of parental disciplinary strategies. Most agreed that ____ is highly effective.

Explain the "felt responsibility" hypothesis and how it affects the empathy-altruism linkage at different ages.

The child's prosocial moral reasoning