Exam 13: Social Cognition and Moral Development

When considering whether or not to steal a car, Fairlane thinks, "Stealing is good for the owner who will be able to collect insurance but bad for the insurance company because it has to pay. On the other hand, stealing provides a useful service for the police on the street because it gives them something to do, but it's bad for police at the station because if I am caught, they will have a lot of paperwork to complete." Fairlane's multiple perspective approach is best classified as being at the _____ level of moral development.

When asked what she thinks of mercy killing in which a doctor gave a terminally ill individual a lethal injection, Indira says, "While some may see this as illegal, helping end someone's suffering is always justified." This statement indicates that on this issue, Indira is at the _____ stage of moral development.

Which piece of advice would be LEAST effective for a parent trying to foster moral development in a toddler?

Which statement is the best example of a moral rule?

When both individuals in a relationship engage in an equal amount of give and take while conversing, they are demonstrating

Regarding moral development in adulthood, which is true?

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

Some critics have argued that Kohlberg's model is biased against people from collectivist societies.

How many of the following factors (inconsistent parenting, affiliation with prosocial peers, academic failure) increase the risk of a child being aggressive?

According to Dodge's social information-processing model, the main thing wrong with teenagers who commit violent, antisocial acts is

Kohlberg's model of moral development has been characterized as placing too great an emphasis on

Research has shown that

Davis was born deaf to deaf parents who signed to him at an early age. How would this be most likely to affect his acquisition of a theory of mind?

Piaget proposed that preschool children were in the _____ period of moral development.

Mirror neurons are activated when a person

According to researcher Elliot Turiel, "moral rules"

According to Kohlberg, moral development

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

Moral disengagement

Differentiate between the concepts of religiosity and spirituality. Then discuss how each develops between the teenage years through old age.