In the Context of Moral Development, in Adolescence, Many-Not All-Individuals

question 71

Multiple Choice

In the context of moral development, in adolescence, many-not all-individuals ______.

• A) become capable of formal-operational thinking.
• B) judge right and wrong in terms of social conventions, rules, and laws.
• C) tend to view right and wrong in terms of rewards and punishments.
• D) tend to make preconventional judgments.

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Definitions:

Piaget's Theory

A developmental theory created by Jean Piaget that suggests children move through four stages of cognitive development as they grow.

Telegraphic Speech

Short sentences that follow a strict word order and contain only essential content words.

Underextension

Restricting the use of a word to only a few, rather than to all, members of a class of objects.

Operant Conditioning

A process of instruction that modifies behavior strength by employing incentives or disincentives.