The Parents of Students in Your Fourth-Grade Class Want You

question 29

Multiple Choice

The parents of students in your fourth-grade class want you to include moral issues in your classroom curriculum.A few parents who have read about Kohlberg's theory of moral development want you to help the students progress to postconventional moral reasoning.You should reply by pointing out that:

• A)There is nothing you can do to promote moral development before students reach adolescence.
• B)This is a good idea because postconventional reasoning will promote abstract thought.
• C)Research studies indicate that most students have already reached the postconventional level by fourth grade.
• D)Postconventional reasoning is probably an unrealistic goal for fourth graders.

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Definitions:

Sexual Attraction

A form of desire or interest toward others, often based on their sexual characteristics.

Sexual Preference

An individual's pattern of sexual attraction to males, females, both, or neither, based on various factors.

Juvenile Delinquency

Conduct in a child or adolescent characterized by illegal activities.

Homicide

The deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder.