Ruth is looking at a new toy at the mall. She really wants to take it home but has no money. She decides not to steal it because she's afraid that she'll be severely punished if she does. Lawrence Kohlberg would say that Ruth's decision is based on her thinking at the __________ level of moral reasoning
A) conventional
B) preconventional
C) postconventional
D) anticonventional
B
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Studies have shown that adolescents adapt better psychologically, and do better in school, if their parents __________.
A. adopt a hands-off attitude B. monitor schoolwork, activity schedules, and whereabouts C. take away privileges for the slightest infraction D. act as peers of the adolescent
In operant conditioning, generalization has occurred when:
A. an organism emits the same response to similar stimuli B. a response is not emitted in the presence of unreinforced stimuli C. a behavior is no longer reinforced D. an organism realizes that it has been operantly conditioned
Which of the following statements reflects a psychosocial stage approach to development?
a. Psychological growth occurs in a patterned sequence. b. One can reinterpret previous stages in light of new experiences. c. Each stage brings a unique set of problems to solve. d. All of these reflect a psychosocial approach.
In attribution, the tendency to believe that most other people think and act the same way that we do is called the:
a. self-serving bias b. false consensus effect c. misinterpret tendency d. locus of control bias