In a study (Miller and Bersoff, 1992) comparing third-graders, seventh-graders, and adults in Mysore, India and Los Angeles in their handling of hypothetical scenarios, Americans in all three age groups were more likely to
a. choose the justice-based response.
b. choose the interpersonal response.
c. try to avoid choosing any response.
d. reject both the justice-based and interpersonal responses.
Answer: a. choose the justice-based response.
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a. Denmark b. Columbia c. Israel d. Kenya
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a. reduce cognitive dissonance. b. increase the use of self-criticism. c. make a daily schedule. d. try to sleep it off.
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a. limited perspective taking. c. Level 2 perspective taking. b. Level 1 perspective taking. d. tertiary perspective taking.
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