Officers in World War II, the Vietnam War, and the war in Bosnia have explained some of their behavior with the reasoning: "I was just following orders." This is an example of which stage of moral development:

A. punishment-obedience
B. social-contract
C. military-contract
D. law and order


Answer: D. law and order

Psychology

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A chief characteristic of obsessive-compulsive disorder is:

A) anxiety in situations in which the person will be observed by others. B) symptoms such as psychic numbing,reliving of the trauma,and increased physiological arousal. C) exaggerated fear of a particular situation,activity,or object. D) recurrent,persistent,unwished-for thoughts or images.

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Debbie is a single-mother raising three children. Two factors associated with more successful outcomes for her family are

a. more involved parenting and more income. b. more involved parenting and religion. c. religion and higher education. d. remarriage and education.

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Concerned with his own academic flaws and weaknesses,

Preston often aggressively lashes out at his instructors via his evaluations of their teaching ability on instructor rating websites and during class teaching evaluations. This is an example of which Freudian defense mechanism? A) Displacement B) Intellectualization C) Projection D) Reaction formation

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A comatose state is defined as

A. a state of very deep sleep. B. a state of unconsciousness during which wakefulness may be present. C. a state of unconsciousness during which a person is incapable of voluntary behavior. D. a state of unconsciousness resulting from a stroke to the left hemisphere.

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