Exam 12: Moral Understanding and Behaviour

Before school,Ben stole some cookies from the cookie jar.During recess that day,someone threw his favourite ball onto the school roof.Ben thinking that losing his ball is his punishment for stealing is an example of

In a research study,Dr.Evanshen has children respond to the Heinz dilemma.What is she studying?

Critics of Kohlberg's theory have noted that not all cultures have the same emphasis on ________ that is found in traditional North American culture and in Kohlberg's theory.

Discuss biological contributions to aggression.

Discuss the idea that there is an evolutionary basis to moral judgments.

Briefly describe the following types of aggression: instrumental,hostile,reactive,and relational.

Your friends are the parents of an aggressive six-year-old son.When their son behaves aggressively,they spank him to punish him for his behaviour.They have not seen any improvement in his behaviour and they have asked you for advice.What can you tell them about parental behaviour that is related to aggression in children?

When Beth watched a movie in which a baby elephant's mother died,she cried because she could feel the baby elephant's loneliness and sorrow.Beth displayed

Individuals who are reared with traditional Hindu beliefs

In the study by Chen et al.(2003),who was more likely to be willingly compliant and less likely to protest?

Children are more likely to act altruistically when they are in a happy mood.

Some children are temperamentally better suited to maintaining self-control and regulating their behaviour.

Carol Gilligan believes that moral reasoning becomes more sophisticated but that care and responsibility is the basis for moral reasoning,especially for women.

Some researchers believe that children inherit oxytocin-promoting genes that facilitate prosocial behaviour.

Social conventions

The ability to delay gratification at four years of age is positively related to ________ during adolescence.

A child's belief that rules are created by wise adults and they must be followed and cannot be changed is called moral relativism.

The ability to experience the feelings of another person is called

Playing violent video games leads to aggressive and violent behaviour in much the same way that watching violent TV does.

Research has shown that moral reasoning is not related to moral behaviour.