Critics of capital punishment make the following argument: Capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime. The only real deterrent is the certainty of being apprehended, being quickly tried, and jailed.
From this argument, we could infer that the critics view people as operating primarily at which stage of moral reasoning?
a. Punishment and obedience
b. Market exchange
c. Interpersonal harmony
d. Law and order
Ques. 2It's okay to cheat on examinations. Everyone does it . . . is reasoning at which of Kohlberg's stages?
a. Punishment and obedience
b. Market exchange
c. Interpersonal harmony
d. Law and order
Ques. 3Of the following, which is the best definition of culture?
a. A person's ancestry and the way individuals identify with the nation from which they or their ancestors came
b. The knowledge, attitudes, values, and customs that characterize a social group
c. Beliefs, values, and behaviors that reject the values of mainstream society
d. The anxiety experienced by members of a group resulting from concern that their behavior might confirm a stereotype
Ques. 4Which of the follow suggested that moral development begins with external morality and gradually moves to internalization?
a. Bruner
b. Chomsky
c. Erikson
d. Piaget
Ques. 5Maintaining an orderly society is characteristic of which stage of moral reasoning?
a. Punishment and obedience
b. Market exchange
c. Interpersonal harmony
d. Law and order
Ques. 6Of the following, the most central features of Kohlberg's research technique are:
a. identity crises.
b. moral dilemmas.
c. stages.
d. ethics.
Ques. 7People who make ethical decisions based on the consequences for themselves are operating at:
a. the preconventional level of ethics.
b. the conventional level of ethics.
c. the postconventional level of ethics.
d. the concrete operational level of ethics.
Ques. 8Of the following, which stage of moral reasoning most emphasizes ethical decisions based on the immediate consequences for the individual?
a. Punishment and obedience
b. Interpersonal harmony
c. Law and order
d. Social contract
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