According to Piaget, moral reasoning
a. progresses through universal stages.
b. is situationally-determined.
c. is surprisingly unpredictable.
d. is less important than the actions that are taken.
Question 2The inability to take a point of view other than one's own is referred to as
a. animism.
b. egocentrism.
c. object permanence.
d. static thought.
Question 3According to Piaget, the moral reasoning of children ages 6 to 10 emphasizes
a. religious teachings.
b. intentions.
c. parental beliefs.
d. outcomes.
Question 4While observing her mother bake cookies, Lorna ignores the process by which eggs, flour, and sugar are combined and baked, but focuses on the end product of a cookie. Lorna's thought best exemplifies
a. conservation.
b. class inclusion.
c. reversibility.
d. static thought.
Question 5As a typical four-year-old, Michael would most likely be at the _____ of moral development.
a. heteronomous morality stage
b. conventional level
c. autonomous morality stage
d. premorality period
Question 6Static thought involves a fixation on the
a. process of transformation.
b. end state.
c. process of egocentrism.
d. beginning state.
Question 7According to Piaget, during the premoral period children,
a. first form their superego.
b. cannot be considered moral beings.
c. believe in an unbreakable set of moral rules.
d. think only about how their actions affect society.
Question 8Oscar, a college student, is checking seven-year-old Meyer to see what cognitive skills he has. He asks him to do some basic conservation tasks. Meyer has correctly responded that there is still the same amount of clay, whether it is in a round ball or rolled out into a hotdog-type shape. When Oscar asks why, Meyer demonstrates how the hotdog-type shaped piece of clay can be rolled back into a ball. This shows that Meyer has a good grasp of
a. assimilation.
b. transformational thought.
c. equilibrium.
d. primary circular reactions.
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