Your Best Friend Jessica Recently Participated in a Psychological Study

question 70

Multiple Choice

Your best friend Jessica recently participated in a psychological study.When you ask her how it went,she says,"It was easy.I was just asked what I thought about some Heinz guy who stole drugs for a living." Jessica was in a study of moral development based on the methods of

• A) Sandra Bem.
• B) Carol Gilligan.
• C) Walter Mischel.
• D) Lawrence Kohlberg.

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