You and Your Friend Have a Big Assignment Due Today

question 13

Multiple Choice

You and your friend have a big assignment due today in your English class.You ask how your friend's paper turned out,and he mentions that he hasn't yet gotten around to writing it.Shocked,you ask him what he's going to tell the professor.He replies,"Oh,it won't be a problem.All female professors are pushovers; she'll let me turn the paper in next week." You tell your friend that you don't think all female professors are pushovers,but he doesn't seem worried.His conviction that his reasoning is correct is called the

• A) overconfidence barrier.
• B) motivational effect.
• C) arrogance barrier.
• D) perseverance effect.
• E) testosterone effect.

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Definitions:

Postconventional

A stage of moral development where individuals make ethical choices based on universal ethical principles and internalized values.

Moral Development

The process through which individuals develop proper attitudes and behaviors toward other people in society, based on social and cultural norms, laws, and personal beliefs.

Preconventional

The first level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development, where moral reasoning is based on individual needs and concrete rewards and punishments.

Conventional Role

Societal norms that dictate the expected behaviors, duties, and responsibilities of individuals based on their social or demographic characteristics, such as gender or age.