Question 1

Compare and contrast forgiveness and gratitude.

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Question 2

Imagine that you visited Piaget when he was still alive,and a colleague told you that he was researching children's understanding of rules and moral development.Since you are familiar with Piaget's methods,where would you expect to find him?

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A)  in a lab with a primate colony 
B)  on an elementary school playground 
C)  in church 
D)  at a college basketball game

Question 3

According to Freud,Louise conforms to the societal norms

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A)  out of fear. 
B)  to avoid guilt. 
C)  to resolve the Oedipus conflict. 
D)  to resolve sexual frustrations.

Question 4

Which best describes the reasoning of a child in the heteronomous morality stage?

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A)  "Did I do that?" 
B)  "Question authority." 
C)  "Rules were made to be broken." 
D)  "Right is right and wrong is wrong."

Question 5

What research method did Kohlberg use to develop his theory of moral development?

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A)  field experiments on children 
B)  longitudinal studies of families 
C)  interviews with children 
D)  case studies of children

Question 6

___________________________ focuses on thoughts about social consensus and convention.

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A)  Social conventional reasoning 
B)  Basic processes 
C)  Moral reconvention 
D)  None of these.

Question 7

Troy is becoming very frustrated with his son,Gannon,who is running around the room and screaming as loud as he can.In response,Troy says,"One more word and I'm going outside and must stay inside." Troy's actions provide an example of

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A)  parental induction. 
B)  power assertion. 
C)  love withdrawal. 
D)  ego ideal.

Question 8

Six-year-old Dylan was taught a card game in which aces are "wild." His friend suggests that they make all the eights wild as well.Dylan insists that this is impossible as only aces can be wild.Piaget would describe Dylan as being in the stage of ________ morality.

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A)  autonomous 
B)  immanent 
C)  conventional 
D)  heteronomous

Question 9

The rules people use to interact with one another are part of

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A)  morals. 
B)  rapport talk. 
C)  false self. 
D)  self-schema.

Question 10

Your best friend Jessica recently participated in a psychological study.When you ask her how it went,she says,"It was easy.I was just asked what I thought about some Heinz guy who stole drugs for a living." Jessica was in a study of moral development based on the methods of

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A)  Sandra Bem. 
B)  Carol Gilligan. 
C)  Walter Mischel. 
D)  Lawrence Kohlberg.

Question 11

Concerning resistance to temptation,what is the relationship between punishment and cognitive rationales?

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A)  Punishment is effective and cognitive rationales are not. 
B)  Cognitive rationales are effective and punishment is not. 
C)  Punishment is most effective if cognitive rationales are also used. 
D)  Although both punishment and cognitive rationales are effective,they should not be combined.

Question 12

When it comes to moral development,peer interaction is very important because it

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A)  challenges children to change their moral orientation. 
B)  allows for a give-and-take when taking the perspective of another person and generates rules regarding the reasoning process. 
C)  Both answers are correct. 
D)  Neither of these answers is correct.

Question 13

Kohlberg's theory has been criticized for

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A)  placing too much emphasis on moral thought and too much emphasis on moral behavior. 
B)  placing too much emphasis on moral thought and not enough emphasis on moral behavior. 
C)  not placing enough emphasis on moral reasoning. 
D)  None of these.

Question 14

When a person has lived their life with a high set of virtues they are seen as being moral ______.

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A)  exemplars 
B)  characters 
C)  identities 
D)  commitments

Question 15

Conduct ______________________ refer(s)to age-inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate family expectations,society's norms,and the personal or property rights of others.

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A)  disorder 
B)  reassessment 
C)  adjustment 
D)  reassessment and adjustment

Question 16

Emily is accused of stealing some money to help support the drug habit of her husband,Luke.When asked why she did it,she responds,"A good wife is supposed to take care of her husband." This answer represents moral thinking at the __________ level.

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A)  nonconventional 
B)  conventional 
C)  preconventional 
D)  postconventional

Question 17

Which of the following has been a major criticism of Kohlberg's theory of moral development?

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A)  It relies on out-of-date dilemmas. 
B)  It fails to clearly distinguish between the ability to reason morally versus the ability to behave morally. 
C)  It overemphasizes cross-cultural studies. 
D)  It lacks detail about each specific stage.

Question 18

After 4-year-old Susie had a temper tantrum in a grocery store,her mother refused to talk to her on the way home.What discipline technique is her mother using?

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A)  induction 
B)  power assertion 
C)  love withdrawal 
D)  power reversal

Question 19

Describe the difference between an index and a status offense.

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Question 20

List three reasons Piaget identifies why adolescents make changes or choices in their religious thinking.

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Exam 13: Moral Development