Present Piaget's two stages of moral reasoning that occur during the middle childhood period
How did Piaget study moral reasoning?
What will be an ideal response?
Moral realism:
1. 6 – 8-years old
2. rules are set; cannot be changed
3. rules are determined by authorities, parents, teachers, God, older children
4. rule violations result in punishment even if not caught
Moral relativism:
1. begins around 8-years old
2. people make rules
3. people can change rules
4. when games involving rules are involved, everyone should know when and how rules have been
changed
5. can follow stated rules
6. feel that one receives punishment only if caught in violation
7. consider intention of act, not just amount of damage
8. remain focused on fairness and equal treatment. Piaget studied moral reasoning by watching
children play games and by presenting children with scenarios
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a. "You're right, because people now understand that man actually includes both men and women.". b. "You're right, because people don't even notice the difference between a term like man and a gender-neutral term like person.". c. "You're right, because research has shown that it is extremely difficult to teach people to use gender-neutral terms.". d. "You're wrong, because masculine-generic terms actually encourage people to think about males, rather than females.".
For Wundt, feelings are ____.?
a. ?the same as sensations b. ?based on three dimensions including pleasure/displeasure c. ?derived directly from a sense organ d. ?complex compounds of elementary emotions e. ?a complex idea
Explain some of the sex differences in emotions that appear in school age children
What will be an ideal response?
Research by Bailey and Pillard suggests that the heritability of sexual orientation is about __________
a) 20%. b) 35%. c) 50%. d) 70%.