For the Early School Age Child, Moral Development Involves a Process

question 104

Multiple Choice

For the early school age child, moral development involves a process of learning the family's moral code and then using it to guide behavior. This is called

• A) avoidance conditioning.
• B) internalization.
• C) gender-role preference.
• D) induction.

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Definitions:

Neo-Freudian

Refers to psychologists who accepted Freud’s basic ideas but modified them to include social and cultural aspects.

Identity Crisis

A period of uncertainty and confusion in which a person's sense of identity becomes insecure, typically due to a change in their expected aims or role in society.

Erik Erikson

A developmental psychologist known for his theory on psychosocial development across the lifespan.

Ego

In Freudian theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality, operating on the reality principle.