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Moral decision-making based on social norms is characteristic of which of Kohlberg's levels of moral reasoning?


A) preconventional level
B) conventional level
C) postconventional level
D) empathic level

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Gilligan criticized Kohlberg's theory for


A) having stages of moral reasoning.
B) applying more to men than to women.
C) claiming that moral reasoning becomes more sophisticated with age.
D) overemphasizing the role of care-based moral reasoning.

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Which of the following is not characteristic of formal operational thinking?


A) abstract thinking
B) hypothetical reasoning
C) deductive reasoning
D) centration

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According to Piaget, cognitive development is complete when the ________ period is reached.


A) concrete operational
B) preoperational
C) formal operational
D) sensorimotor

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The effects on teens who work more than 20 hours per week


A) include increased substance abuse.
B) are limited to poor academic performance.
C) include increased self-esteem.
D) include a greater sense of financial responsibility.

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At which level of Kohlberg's moral reasoning is reasoning governed by personal moral principles?


A) preconventional level
B) conventional level
C) postconventional level
D) empathic level

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Kohlberg's clever method used to understand how people come to make moral decisions included


A) short-stories of moral "tribulations"
B) mini-stories of moral "dilemmas"
C) multi-stage questionnaires
D) qualitative interviews

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School-age children classified as learning disabled


A) are usually suffering from other conditions (e.g., sensory impairment) .
B) have normal intelligence.
C) must not be getting adequate academic instruction.
D) make up about 1 percent of all North American school-age children.

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Which of the following statements concerning Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning is true?


A) The stages occur in an invariant sequence.
B) Higher levels of moral reasoning are commonly found among individuals of all ages.
C) Most adults' moral reasoning is at the postconventional level.
D) The level of moral reasoning is unrelated to the level of cognitive development.

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When concrete and formal operational thinkers are asked to combine a number of clear liquids to produce a blue liquid,


A) neither the concrete operational child nor the formal operational adolescent test the combinations of liquids in a systematic manner.
B) only the concrete operational child tests the combinations of liquids in a systematic manner.
C) only the formal operational child tests the combinations of liquids in a systematic manner.
D) both the concrete operational child and the formal operational adolescent test the combinations of liquids in a systematic manner.

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Katrina is often concerned about other people, particularly children. She is in ________ stage of moral development.


A) Kohlberg's preconventional
B) Kohlberg's conventional
C) Gilligan's first
D) Gilligan's second

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During Piaget's ________ stage, individuals become capable of abstract, hypothetical thought and deductive reasoning.


A) concrete operational
B) formal operational
C) preoperational
D) sensorimotor

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Research on adolescents and part-time work has found that


A) teens who work more than 15 hours per week do better in school.
B) teens in Canada are competing with older or retired adults for part-time jobs.
C) most working teens set aside much of their income for future goals.
D) a very small percentage of high school seniors work part-time.

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According to Holland's theory


A) personality and job satisfaction are not related.
B) career development progresses through five different stages.
C) measures of vocational interest are useless in helping a person choose a career.
D) six prototypic personalities are important when people select a career.

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Individuals who believe that laws become invalid when they no longer benefit individuals have a(n) ________ orientation according to Kohlberg.


A) social contract
B) obedience
C) instrumental
D) interpersonal norms

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According to Kohlberg's theory on moral reasoning, individual rights and freedoms is to _______;as caring for other people is to __­­___.


A) spirituality; religiosity
B) North American children and adults; children and adults living in India
C) Eastern values; Western values
D) preconventional level; postconventional level

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In general, psychologists may have a _____ developmental issues of spirituality and religion.


A) disinterest in
B) lack of training or knowledge about
C) no awareness of
D) high degree of interest in.

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Greta has reached the formal operational level of reasoning. Which of the following statements about her cognition is most likely to be true?


A) Greta will sometimes revert to concrete operational thinking.
B) Greta will always reason at the formal operational level.
C) Greta will show more sophisticated reasoning when the problem is not relevant to her personally than when it is.
D) Greta will not use deductive reasoning.

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Lindsey, age 20, recently started working at her first full-time job as a graphic designer. She has had some problems getting along with her coworkers and has found that the reality of the job is not exactly what she expected it to be. Lindsey appears to be in Super's ________ phase of career development.


A) moratorium
B) specification
C) crystallization
D) implementation

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Entering the workforce and learning first-hand about a job is called


A) crystallization.
B) consolidation
C) implementation.
D) specification.

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