Question 1

As they lack any sense of morality, infants are often classified as _____.

Accepted Answer

The answer of As they lack any sense of morality,...

Question 2

Which linguistic skills provide solid evidence that a child is developing a theory of mind?

Accepted Answer

A) Producing a first word 
B) Cooing 
C) Producing a first grammatically correct sentence 
D) Saying, "I whistle because I am happy" 
A) Producing a first word 
B) Cooing 
C) Producing a first grammatically correct sentence 
D) Saying, "I whistle because I am happy"

Question 3

Kohlberg's approach to moral reasoning was most directly influenced by the work of

Accepted Answer

A) Skinner. 
B) Freud. 
C) Bandura. 
D) Piaget. 
A) Skinner. 
B) Freud. 
C) Bandura. 
D) Piaget.

Question 4

Which statement provides the best example of the morality of instrumental hedonism?

Accepted Answer

A) Doing evil is fun. 
B) Wrong is always wrong. 
C) I steal for you, you steal for me. 
D) The law determines right from wrong. 
A) Doing evil is fun. 
B) Wrong is always wrong. 
C) I steal for you, you steal for me. 
D) The law determines right from wrong.

Question 5

Julius is currently trying to determine exactly why his best friend Caesar just slapped him in the face. According to Dodge's social information-processing model, Julius is engaging in

Accepted Answer

A) interpretation of cues. 
B) clarification of goals. 
C) response search. 
D) behavioral enactment. 
A) interpretation of cues. 
B) clarification of goals. 
C) response search. 
D) behavioral enactment.

Question 6

What did Kohlberg's research reveal about the moral thinking of five-year-olds?

Accepted Answer

A) It demonstrated that they were amoral. 
B) It demonstrated that they were premoral. 
C) It demonstrated that they were conventional thinkers. 
D) Nothing, as Kohlberg never studied young children. 
A) It demonstrated that they were amoral. 
B) It demonstrated that they were premoral. 
C) It demonstrated that they were conventional thinkers. 
D) Nothing, as Kohlberg never studied young children.

Question 7

By middle age, most adults have progressed to Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral reasoning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Ned tells his son Flanders, "For hitting your brother, you need to be disciplined so get ready for a spanking." Ned's parenting approach to moral development best matches with the parenting style referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) power assertion. 
B) induction. 
C) love withdrawal. 
D) empathy. 
A) power assertion. 
B) induction. 
C) love withdrawal. 
D) empathy.

Question 9

At or before nine months of age, most children begin to _____. This activity is one of the earliest milestones in developing a theory of mind.

Accepted Answer

A) talk 
B) show prosocial behavior 
C) engage in joint attention 
D) demonstrate the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror 
A) talk 
B) show prosocial behavior 
C) engage in joint attention 
D) demonstrate the ability to recognize themselves in a mirror

Question 10

The "false belief" task is used to assess

Accepted Answer

A) the difference between a sensorimotor and a preoperational thinker. 
B) the understanding that people may hold incorrect personal beliefs that influence their behaviors. 
C) a person's level of religiosity. 
D) how a person would reason about a moral. 
A) the difference between a sensorimotor and a preoperational thinker. 
B) the understanding that people may hold incorrect personal beliefs that influence their behaviors. 
C) a person's level of religiosity. 
D) how a person would reason about a moral.

Question 11

Which is the best example of a power assertion form of discipline?

Accepted Answer

A) Telling a child that you hate him 
B) Taking away a child's television privileges 
C) Telling a child that a child who gets hit feels bad 
D) Taking away parental love from a child 
A) Telling a child that you hate him 
B) Taking away a child's television privileges 
C) Telling a child that a child who gets hit feels bad 
D) Taking away parental love from a child

Question 12

The mechanism of moral _____ allows an individual to engage in an immoral behavior, yet avoid self-condemnation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The mechanism of moral _____ allows an...

Question 13

According to researcher Elliot Turiel, "moral rules"

Accepted Answer

A) focus on the welfare and basic rights for all individuals. 
B) cannot be violated. 
C) are situation specific. 
D) cannot be defined. 
A) focus on the welfare and basic rights for all individuals. 
B) cannot be violated. 
C) are situation specific. 
D) cannot be defined.

Question 14

Ira has just stolen a purse from a woman on the subway. He then says to himself, "If that woman really wanted her purse, she would have held it closer to her body." This statement provides a good example of

Accepted Answer

A) morality of justice. 
B) moral disengagement . 
C) autonomous morality. 
D) empathy. 
A) morality of justice. 
B) moral disengagement . 
C) autonomous morality. 
D) empathy.

Question 15

Which statement reflects Kohlberg's conventional morality?

Accepted Answer

A) Do your own thing. 
B) It's me against the world. 
C) Rules are made to be broken. 
D) Buckle up, it's the law. 
A) Do your own thing. 
B) It's me against the world. 
C) Rules are made to be broken. 
D) Buckle up, it's the law.

Question 16

According to Patterson's model of development, antisocial behavior

Accepted Answer

A) first occurs when children fall in with a bad crowd when they are teens. 
B) begins with poor parental discipline. 
C) is the result of a genetic predisposition to act aggressively. 
D) starts when children begin to imitate antisocial behaviors they see depicted in the media (e.g., television, movies). 
A) first occurs when children fall in with a bad crowd when they are teens. 
B) begins with poor parental discipline. 
C) is the result of a genetic predisposition to act aggressively. 
D) starts when children begin to imitate antisocial behaviors they see depicted in the media (e.g., television, movies).

Question 17

Rates of aggression and violence tend to be highest in

Accepted Answer

A) lower socioeconomic highly transient neighborhoods. 
B) middle socioeconomic highly transient neighborhoods. 
C) lower socioeconomic non-transient neighborhoods. 
D) middle socioeconomic non-transient neighborhoods. 
A) lower socioeconomic highly transient neighborhoods. 
B) middle socioeconomic highly transient neighborhoods. 
C) lower socioeconomic non-transient neighborhoods. 
D) middle socioeconomic non-transient neighborhoods.

Question 18

After paying for his groceries, Linnie went to his car and loaded the bags into his trunk. On the bottom of the grocery cart, Linnie found a case of beer and realized that he hadn't been charged for it. Linnie popped it into his trunk and when he got home, he told his roommate what had happened. Linnie then said, "Oh, well, it's a big store and they can do without the money. It's really not my fault. The cashier should have spotted it and rung it up." Linnie's mental consideration best illustrates the _____ component of morality.

Accepted Answer

A) psychomotor 
B) cognitive 
C) behavioral 
D) affective 
A) psychomotor 
B) cognitive 
C) behavioral 
D) affective

Question 19

Which question best reflects the "morality of justice"?

Accepted Answer

A) Does the act break a law? 
B) Will my act make someone feel bad? 
C) Should a person in my situation act this way? 
D) How would my parents react if they knew I was doing this? 
A) Does the act break a law? 
B) Will my act make someone feel bad? 
C) Should a person in my situation act this way? 
D) How would my parents react if they knew I was doing this?

Question 20

The false belief task is designed to assess the understanding that others can hold incorrect beliefs that can influence their behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

As they lack any sense of morality, infants are often classified as _____.

Which linguistic skills provide solid evidence that a child is developing a theory of mind?

Kohlberg's approach to moral reasoning was most directly influenced by the work of

Which statement provides the best example of the morality of instrumental hedonism?

Julius is currently trying to determine exactly why his best friend Caesar just slapped him in the face. According to Dodge's social information-processing model, Julius is engaging in

What did Kohlberg's research reveal about the moral thinking of five-year-olds?

By middle age, most adults have progressed to Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral reasoning.

Ned tells his son Flanders, "For hitting your brother, you need to be disciplined so get ready for a spanking." Ned's parenting approach to moral development best matches with the parenting style referred to as

At or before nine months of age, most children begin to _____. This activity is one of the earliest milestones in developing a theory of mind.

The "false belief" task is used to assess

Which is the best example of a power assertion form of discipline?

The mechanism of moral _____ allows an individual to engage in an immoral behavior, yet avoid self-condemnation.

According to researcher Elliot Turiel, "moral rules"

Ira has just stolen a purse from a woman on the subway. He then says to himself, "If that woman really wanted her purse, she would have held it closer to her body." This statement provides a good example of

Which statement reflects Kohlberg's conventional morality?

According to Patterson's model of development, antisocial behavior

Rates of aggression and violence tend to be highest in

Which question best reflects the "morality of justice"?

The false belief task is designed to assess the understanding that others can hold incorrect beliefs that can influence their behavior.

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Exam 13: Social Cognition and Moral Development

As they lack any sense of morality, infants are often classified as _____.

Which linguistic skills provide solid evidence that a child is developing a theory of mind?

Kohlberg's approach to moral reasoning was most directly influenced by the work of

Which statement provides the best example of the morality of instrumental hedonism?

Julius is currently trying to determine exactly why his best friend Caesar just slapped him in the face. According to Dodge's social information-processing model, Julius is engaging in

What did Kohlberg's research reveal about the moral thinking of five-year-olds?

By middle age, most adults have progressed to Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral reasoning.

Ned tells his son Flanders, "For hitting your brother, you need to be disciplined so get ready for a spanking." Ned's parenting approach to moral development best matches with the parenting style referred to as

At or before nine months of age, most children begin to _____. This activity is one of the earliest milestones in developing a theory of mind.

The "false belief" task is used to assess

Which is the best example of a power assertion form of discipline?

The mechanism of moral _____ allows an individual to engage in an immoral behavior, yet avoid self-condemnation.

According to researcher Elliot Turiel, "moral rules"

Ira has just stolen a purse from a woman on the subway. He then says to himself, "If that woman really wanted her purse, she would have held it closer to her body." This statement provides a good example of

Which statement reflects Kohlberg's conventional morality?

According to Patterson's model of development, antisocial behavior

Rates of aggression and violence tend to be highest in

Which question best reflects the "morality of justice"?

The false belief task is designed to assess the understanding that others can hold incorrect beliefs that can influence their behavior.

Understanding Life-Span Human Development

Theories of Human Development

Genes, Environment, and Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Health and Physical Development

Sensation, Perception, and Attention

Cognition

Memory and Information Processing

Intelligence and Creativity

Language and Education

Self and Personality

Gender Roles and Sexuality

Attachment and Social Relationships

The Family

Developmental Psychopathology

The Final Challenge: Death and Dying

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