In one Defining Issues Test (DIT) the dilemma was the following: "A news reporter must decide whether to publish some old personal information that will damage a political candidate." The Netherlands research cited in the textbook found that

for emerging adults, moral thinking may produce moral behavior.
adolescents were quick to "damage" the candidate.
middle-aged adults were quick to "forgive" the candidate.
late adults became less flexible in their moral thinking.


for emerging adults, moral thinking may produce moral behavior.

Psychology

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a. deriving enjoyment from control or elimination of feces b. excessive breast feeding c. penis envy d. race car driving

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In research, negative impacts of spirituality and religion on coping have included:

a. interpersonal conflicts with members of a religious group b. self-blame for one's problems c. negative experiences especially for battered women d. all of the above

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Researchers in the 1970s reported that a completed suicide by a family member often intensified survivors' experiences of

a. inimicality, perturbation, and constriction b. helplessness, hopelessness, and haplessness c. integration and regulation d. anger, sadness, and guilt e. autonomy, ambivalence, and altruism

Psychology

Eysenck that the visceral brain regulates:

a. intelligence b. the beliefs of the person c. all of the person's behavior d. emotion

Psychology