When Nicholas and Sanjay Are Debating Whether or Not to Steal

question 103

Multiple Choice

When Nicholas and Sanjay are debating whether or not to steal a cool car they just found, Nicholas says, "It's wrong to steal the car because there are laws against stealing, and no one is above the law." This type of thinking best fits with Kohlberg's ____ substage of conventional morality.

• A) ​universal ethical standards
• B) ​interpersonal norms
• C) ​instrumental orientation
• D) ​social systems morality

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Definitions:

Decision Making

The process of making choices by identifying a decision, gathering information, and assessing alternative resolutions.

Personality Disorder

Mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture.

Cluster A

A category in the DSM used to classify personality disorders characterized by odd or eccentric behaviors, including paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders.

Antisocial Personality Disorder

A mental condition characterized by a long-term pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others.