Nick Decides to Join Boy Scouts

question 43

Multiple Choice

Nick decides to join Boy Scouts. He likes the structure scouts provide of being told how to act and the way that people give him positive reinforcement for being a Boy Scout. He wants others to see him as a good person, especially his parents and teachers. Which stage in Kohlberg's theory is Nick in?

• A) conventional moral reasoning
• B) preconventional moral reasoning
• C) autonomous morality
• D) heteronomous morality

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Definitions:

Academic Failure

The inability to meet the prescribed criteria or standards of academic achievement.

Intrinsic Motivation

is the drive to engage in an activity for its own sake, deriving pleasure and satisfaction from the participation itself, not from external rewards.

Mastery of Tasks

The degree to which an individual has acquired the knowledge, skills, and abilities to proficiently perform specific tasks.

Self-perception Theory

A theory that suggests individuals develop their attitudes and feelings by observing their own behavior and concluding what attitudes must have caused it.