A Husband Is Trying to Decide Whether to Steal a Drug

question 263

Multiple Choice

A husband is trying to decide whether to steal a drug he cannot afford in order to save his wife's life. Saying he shouldn't steal the drug because he'll be punished reflects moral reasoning at the

• A) postconventional level.
• B) conventional level.
• C) egocentric level.
• D) preconventional level.

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Definitions:

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process that starts with thoughts or expectations to make sense of information, rather than beginning with the sensory input.

Peripheral Vision

The part of vision that occurs outside the very center of gaze, allowing humans to perceive stimuli not in direct line of sight.

Prosopagnosia

A brain disorder marked by an inability to identify facial features.

Priming

A technique in psychology used to train people's memory both in positive and negative ways by presenting information that influences the response to subsequent stimuli without awareness of the connection.