What are the changing values that are seen among adolescents today?

What will be an ideal response?


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One way of measuring what people value is to ask them what their goals are. Over the past three decades, traditional-aged college students have shown an increased concern for personal well-being and a decreased concern for the well-being of others, especially for the disadvantaged (Pryor & others, 2008). Today's college freshmen are more strongly motivated to be well-off financially and less motivated to develop a meaningful philosophy of life than were their counterparts of 20 or even 10 years ago. There are some signs that U.S. college students are shifting toward a stronger interest in the welfare of society.

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What will be an ideal response?

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As an alternative to Kohlberg's view of moral reasoning, Carol Gilligan proposed that women's moral development is based on a standard of ________, and that the moral reasoning of men is based on a standard of ________

a. emotion; intellect b. caring for others; justice c. feeling; doing d. submission; dominance

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Throughout early childhood:

a. girls are better at tasks requiring gross motor skills. b. boys are better at tasks requiring precise movements. c. there are huge differences between boys and girls in terms of motor skills. d. motor skills are very similar between boys and girls.

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Which of the following is NOT true of the case study method?

a. Case studies are rich in detail. b. Case studies are often clinical studies. c. Case studies can be used to generate theories. d. Case studies are conducted in settings carefully created and controlled by the researcher.

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