Wade, an Avid Reader, Wants to Read the Latest Book

question 8

Multiple Choice

Wade, an avid reader, wants to read the latest book by his favorite author. The book is set to release next month, but he finds an illegal copy online. At first, he is tempted to download it, but later decides against it when his father informs him about those who were caught by the police for downloading the pirated version of the book. In the context of Kohlberg's stages of moral development, Wade is at the _____ of moral development in this scenario.

• A) punishment and obedience stage
• B) law and order stage
• C) instrumental exchange stage
• D) "good boy, nice girl" stage

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Definitions:

Implicit Personality Theory

Your unique set of beliefs and hypotheses about what people are like.

Impression Formation Theory

Theory that explains how you develop perceptions about people and how you maintain and use those perceptions to interpret their behaviors.

Correspondence Inference Theory

A psychological theory that explains how and why people draw inferences about the dispositional attributes of others based on observed behavior and its consequences.

Self-Serving Bias

Tendency to perceive our own behavior as more positive than others’ behavior.