If an individual at the postconventional level of moral reasoning had to choose between stealing and letting a loved one die, that person might:
a. refuse to steal because he or she might be caught and punished for stealing
b. steal because human life is more important than societal law
c. refuse to steal because it was against the law
d. steal because there is a social obligation to protect people we love
B
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a. causes them to be overweight. b. causes night blindness. c. causes hemophilia. d. impairs central nervous system functioning.
Tommy's teacher observes him purposely shove another student. Tommy's observable act of shoving would be an example of:
a. covert behavior b. overt behavior c. frequency d. duration
In the children's television show Pee Wee's Playhouse, the floor, globe, and chair could talk, move, and had their own personalities. The fact that many young children view such objects as being "alive" is consistent with the Piagetian concept of a. intonation
b. irreversibility. c. observational learning. d. animism.
In Skinner’s operant conditioning, a discriminative stimulus signals that:
a. a given behavior will be reinforced. b. a reinforcer is coming. c. a punisher is coming. d. a no consequence is in play.